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• Agatha Teresia Eeken, Nieuwe Niedorp, Hollands Kroon, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1927)
• Alida Emo, Zeist († 1891)
• Aafke Jacobs BOS, Kollum Friesland Netherlands († 1946)
• Aaltje Gijsens, Landsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Adrianus Egidius Heijnincx, Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1914)
• Albert Simmons, Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia († 1946)
• Aafje Leeuw, Heerhugowaard,Nh,Netherlands
• Aaltje van der Zee, Duurswoude, gem. Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1953)
• Aaltje Huigen
• Adriaan Janz Daleboudt, Goes († 1864)

• adriana driessen (28), helden
• Anna (Antje) Verboon (70), Schiedam
• Anna (Antje) Verboom (Verboon) (70), Schiedam, Nederland
• Albinus Albertus Vandeputte (0), Izegem, België
• Anna Maria Gross (62), Zeist
• Anna Arijsdr Verboon (70), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederlands
• Sjoukje Jogchums Zandstra (61), Haskerland
• Adeline de Lestré (35), Geraardsbergen, Oost Vlaanderen
• Anthoinette Jeannie Hens (64), Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus van der DONK (81), Hurwenen

• 1842 » Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer, art collector, and philanthropist († 1914)
• 1846 » Marie Roze, French soprano († 1926)
• 1849 » Robert Means Thompson, American commander, lawyer, and businessman († 1930)
• 1859 » Sholem Aleichem, Ukrainian-American author and playwright († 1916)
• 1860 » Susanna M. Salter, American activist and politician († 1961)
• 1862 » John Jay Chapman, American lawyer, author, and poet († 1933)
• 1876 » Pope Pius XII († 1958)
• 1878 » William Kissam Vanderbilt II, American sailor and race car driver († 1944)
• 1886 » Kurt Grelling, German logician and philosopher († 1942)
• 1886 » Willis H. O'Brien, American animator and director († 1962)

• 1830 » Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, German physician, anatomist, and anthropologist (b. 1755)
• 1835 » Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768)
• 1840 » Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (b. 1758)
• 1855 » Nicholas I, Russian emperor (b. 1796)
• 1864 » Ulric Dahlgren, American colonel (b. 1842)
• 1865 » Carl Sylvius Völkner, German-New Zealand priest and missionary (b. 1819)
• 1880 » John Benjamin Macneill, Irish engineer (b. 1790)
• 1895 » Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. 1841)
• 1895 » Isma'il Pasha, Egyptian politician (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Jubal Early, American general (b. 1816)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Klaas
15. Gerardus
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Grietje
10. Wilhelmina
11. Aaltje
12. Trijntje
13. Neeltje
14. Antje
15. Jacoba
16. Petronella

• 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.
• July 7 » The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
• October 29 » Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross.
• October 31 » The New Zealand Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato.
• November 24 » American Civil War: Battle of Lookout Mountain: Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg.
• November 25 » American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge: At Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg.
• November 26 » United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. Following the Franksgiving controversy from 1939 to 1941, it has been observed on the fourth Thursday in 1942 and subsequent years.

The temperature on March 2, 1863 was about 11.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.