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• Aaltien Nijs, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 1947)
• Adriaan Hulst, 's-Gravenmoer († 1871)
• Adriana de Munter, Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1863)
• Agnes Anna Gronniger, Bendena, Doniphan, Kansas († 1934)
• Akke Gerrits de Vries, Giekerk, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1903)
• Aaltje van der Weerd, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1863)
• Albertus Diepeveen, Kampen († 1942)
• Albertus Berensen, Zwolle,Overijssel,Nederland († 1894)
• Grietje Bult, Vledder († 1932)
• Albert Vloo, Blijham (Wedde) († 1938)

• Arnoldus Leurs (54), Echt
• Anna Elisabet Daems‏‎ (73), Retie, België
• Adrianus Antonius van Loon (1), Charlois, Nederland
• Anna Catherina Lauwereys (69), Duffel
• Albertina Cornelisse van Dueren den Hollander-Eland (64), Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Aart Van De GRIEND (0), Puttershoek
• ariaantje NEDERLOF (37), sliedrecht
• Anna Catharina Lauwereys (69), Duffel, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Arij Planken (49), Berkel en Rodenrijs
• Anna Maria van Osch, 's-Hertogenbosch

• 1854 » Aletta Jacobs, Dutch physician and suffrage activist († 1929)
• 1856 » Hara Takashi, Japanese politician, 10th Prime Minister of Japan († 1921)
• 1859 » Akiyama Yoshifuru, Japanese general († 1930)
• 1863 » Anthony Hope, English author and playwright († 1933)
• 1864 » Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor († 1941)
• 1865 » Erich von Drygalski, German geographer and geophysicist († 1949)
• 1865 » Mrs. Patrick Campbell, English-French actress († 1940)
• 1867 » Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet († 1916)
• 1871 » Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist and physician († 1910)
• 1874 » Amy Lowell, American poet, critic, and educator († 1925)

• 1803 » Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French soldier, poet, and philosopher (b. 1716)
• 1857 » Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet and translator (b. 1798)
• 1874 » Jules Michelet, French historian, philosopher, and academic (b. 1798)
• 1881 » Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (b. 1821)
• 1891 » Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria (b. 1816)
• 1906 » Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1928 » William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland (b. 1868)
• 1930 » Richard With, Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten (b. 1846)
• 1932 » Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and banker (b. 1869)

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
• January 4 » The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany.
• January 29 » The Bear River Massacre: A detachment of California Volunteers led by Colonel Patrick Edward Connor engage the Shoshone at Bear River, Washington Territory, killing hundreds of men, women and children.
• May 17 » Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language.
• June 7 » During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops.
• September 8 » American Civil War: In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
• October 30 » Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.

The temperature on February 9, 1863 was about 5.9 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.