About the day » Thursday July 2, 1863Calender converter

• Almira Fox, Wayne Twp, Greene Cnty, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham Abrahamsohn, Karthaus († 1942)
• Antje Jans van Zaane, Zaandam († 1935)
• Aaltje Santman, Gemeente Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus DRIJVERS, Nieuwkuijk, Gemeente Heusden, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1865)
• Abraham Halberstadt, Amsterdam N H Nederlands († 1907)
• Aaltje Fidder, Oldebroek († 1934)
• Anthonij Kloote, Zierikzee Zeeland Nederland († 1909)
• Aaltien Boer, Emmen († 1952)
• Anna Maria Reintjens, Houthem († 1948)

• Kleijne (0), Middelburg
• Anna Maria Van Rickstal (43), Mechelen
• Anna SMITH (64)
• Arie Fokkers (27), Gouda
• adriaan van der weel(e) (6), brouwershaven
• Ariaantje KLAAREBEEK (53), Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Geffen (63), Ammerzoden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernardine Josèphe Doyen (84), Pietrain
• bernardine joseph doyen (84), pietrain
• Alida Barentina HULSTHOFF (67), Banjoemas,Java,Ned, India

• 1849 » Maria Theresa of Austria-Este († 1919)
• 1862 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1942)
• 1865 » Lily Braun, German author and publicist († 1916)
• 1869 » Liane de Pougy, French-Swiss dancer and author († 1950)
• 1876 » Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist and academic († 1933)
• 1876 » Wilhelm Cuno, German businessman and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1933)
• 1877 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate († 1962)
• 1877 » Rinaldo Cuneo, American artist ("the painter of San Francisco") († 1939)
• 1881 » Royal Hurlburt Weller, American lawyer and politician († 1929)
• 1884 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and author († 1931)

• 1833 » Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 1st Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (b. 1757)
• 1843 » Samuel Hahnemann, German physician and academic (b. 1755)
• 1850 » Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788)
• 1857 » Carlo Pisacane, Italian soldier and philosopher (b. 1818)
• 1903 » Ed Delahanty, American baseball player (b. 1867)
• 1912 » Tom Richardson, English cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1914 » Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1836)
• 1915 » Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1830)
• 1920 » William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
• 1926 » Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (b. 1857)

• 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.
• June 14 » Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
• July 3 » American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
• August 4 » Matica slovenská, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.
• August 8 » American Civil War: Following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).
• September 16 » Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
• November 19 » American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

The temperature on July 2, 1863 was about 14.3 °C. The air pressure was 6.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.