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• Antonio de Albuquerque, Cotia, São Paulo, Brasil
• Aartje den Ouden, Nieuw-Lekkerland († 1941)
• Carl OBERHOFF, Winkeln/Altena (D) († 1933)
• Catharina Hinzen, Roermond
• Adriana de Rooij, Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1951)
• Adrianus Johannes Lablans, Amersfoort († 1863)
• Auguste Volz, Berleburg, Kreis Wittgenstein
• CATHARINA CONSTANTIA Verdonck († 1939)
• Antonia Catharina Hendriks Matthesius, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1923)
• Aplonia van Helden, moerkapelle (zuid holland) († 1865)

• Allan Wilmot Lathern (1), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Albert Wybes van de(r)n Berg (0), Tietjerksteradeel
• Antje Janssen (0), Nieuwendam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bastiaantje van der Weijden (48), nieuw-Beijerland
• Bastiaantje van der Weijden (48), nieuw-beijerland (zuid holland)
• Antoinette van de Hout, 06-05-1901
• Adriana Schaap (0), Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrian Jacobs (59), Vriescheloo
• Barbara Mandler (0), Schweich, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Adriana Loon, van (49), Well

• 1861 » Prafulla Chandra Ray, Indian chemist and academic († 1944)
• 1865 » Irving Babbitt, American academic and critic († 1933)
• 1865 » John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist († 1955)
• 1867 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer († 1900)
• 1868 » Constantine I of Greece († 1923)
• 1870 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist († 1954)
• 1871 » John French Sloan, American painter and illustrator († 1951)
• 1872 » George E. Stewart, Australian-American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient († 1946)
• 1876 » Pingali Venkayya, Indian geologist, designed the Flag of India († 1963)
• 1877 » Ravishankar Shukla, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh († 1956)

• 1823 » Lazare Carnot, French mathematician, general, and politician, President of the National Convention (b. 1753)
• 1834 » Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist (b. 1793)
• 1849 » Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Ottoman Albanian commander (b. 1769)
• 1854 » Heinrich Clauren, German author (b. 1771)
• 1859 » Horace Mann, American educator and politician (b. 1796)
• 1876 » "Wild Bill" Hickok, American sheriff (b. 1837)
• 1889 » Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
• 1890 » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)

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.
• January 1 » American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory.
• January 22 » The January Uprising breaks out in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. The aim of the national movement is to regain Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation by Russia.
• May 22 » American Civil War: Union forces begin the Siege of Port Hudson which lasts 48 days, the longest siege in U.S. military history.
• July 3 » American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
• November 17 » American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins: Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee, under siege.
• November 27 » American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.

The temperature on August 2, 1863 was about 17.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.