About the day » Saturday May 2, 1863Calender converter

• Akke Eelkes de Vries, Kooten,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland († 1911)
• Albert Breed, Schagen († 1923)
• Alois Schütte, Neuastenberg, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Adriana Westerweel, colijnsplaat (z), huisnr. D 22 († 1944)
• Alida de Kruijf, Cothen († 1935)
• Anna Maria Kuijten, Haarlem Noord-Holland Nederland († 1885)
• Adrianus Hendrikus Blokland, Hardinxveld,Gemeente Hardinxveld-Giessendam,South Holland,Netherlands († 1924)
• Adrianus Hendrikus Blokland, Hardinxveld († 1924)
• Adrianus Roode, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1863)
• * Frederika Abrammina Willebrands, Rotterdam († 1954)

• Kolstee (0), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Hendriks van ·Äòt LAND (80), Ankum (Dalfsen, Overijssel, The Netherlands)
• Antje Werkman (25), Middelstum
• Adriaan Petrus Georgius Schrauwen (47), Antwerpen
• ?? van Weelden (0), (GL) Herwijnen
• Adamus Schillings (1), Eijsden
• Antje Jans Werkman (25), Middelstum, Groningen, Nederland
• Barrandina Oskam (3), Bodegraven {ZH}
• Aafke Dooitzes Damstra (48), Stiens, gem. Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Baggen (76), Margraten, LI, Netherlands

• 1843 » Elijah McCoy, Canadian-American engineer († 1929)
• 1859 » Jerome K. Jerome, English author and playwright († 1927)
• 1860 » John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist, physician, and academic († 1936)
• 1860 » Theodor Herzl, Austro-Hungarian Zionist philosopher, journalist and author († 1904)
• 1865 » Clyde Fitch, American playwright († 1909)
• 1867 » Giuseppe Morello, Italian-American mobster († 1930)
• 1873 » Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator († 1944)
• 1879 » James F. Byrnes, American stenographer and politician, 49th United States Secretary of State († 1972)
• 1880 » Bill Horr, American football player, discus thrower, and coach († 1955)
• 1882 » Isabel González, Puerto Rican activist who helped pave the way for Puerto Ricans' American citizenship († 1971)

• 1802 » Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch general and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast (b. 1762)
• 1810 » Henry Jerome de Salis, English priest (b. 1740)
• 1819 » Mary Moser, English painter and academic (b. 1744)
• 1857 » Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist (b. 1810)
• 1864 » Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer and educator (b. 1791)
• 1880 » Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Tom Wills, Australian cricketer, co-created Australian rules football (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Terézia Zakoucs, Hungarian-Slovene author (b. 1817)
• 1915 » Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (b. 1870)
• 1918 » Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889)

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. Petronella
16. Jacoba

• 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 26 » American Civil War: General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign. He is replaced by Joseph Hooker.
• March 19 » The SSGeorgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines, and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000.
• April 2 » American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.
• May 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins.
• October 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Wauhatchie: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant repel a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet. Union forces thus open a supply line into Chattanooga, Tennessee.
• December 16 » American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee.

The temperature on May 2, 1863 was about 12.2 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%.