About the day » Monday August 3, 1863Calender converter

• Aagje Steeman, Castricum († 1920)
• Alois Desnyder, Zarren († 1941)
• Abel Kuizenga, Baflo, Groningen, Netherlands († 1913)
• Ada Alice Campbell, Singleton, NSW, Australia († 1945)
• Willem de Klerck, Steenbergen († 1865)
• Aaltje Malestein, Renkum
• Adriana Johanna Maria Mombers, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1938)
• (w) Heinrich, Amtshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Dees, Terneuzen
• Abraham Konings, Capelle († 1941)

• Anna Margarethe Thijssen (10), Susteren, Limburg, Nederland
• Hendrik Rinzes de Groot (52), Geeuw Sneek Friesland
• Anna Albert(u)s Homan, Kolham
• Adrianus Smit (0)
• Adrianus van Helden (0), willemstad (noord brabant)
• Adriana den Hertog (17)
• Abraham van Gogh (27), Gouda
• Arie SCHRAVENDEEL (0), Heinenoord
• Joanna (Johanna) Van Loenhout, Bergen op Zoom
• Arnolda Johanna Helena Wanders (0), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1840 » John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician († 1929)
• 1850 » Reginald Heber Roe, English-Australian swimmer, tennis player, and academic († 1926)
• 1856 » Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia († 1919)
• 1860 » William Kennedy Dickson, French-Scottish actor, director, and producer († 1935)
• 1863 » Géza Gárdonyi, Hungarian author and journalist († 1922)
• 1867 » Stanley Baldwin, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1947)
• 1871 » Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and scholar († 1929)
• 1872 » Haakon VII of Norway († 1957)
• 1886 » Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright († 1964)
• 1887 » Rupert Brooke, English poet († 1915)

• 1835 » Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1767)
• 1839 » Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator (b. 1763)
• 1857 » Eugène Sue, French author and politician (b. 1804)
• 1866 » Gábor Klauzál, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1804)
• 1867 » Philipp August Böckh, German historian and scholar (b. 1785)
• 1877 » William B. Ogden, American businessman and politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1879 » Joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793)
• 1894 » George Inness, American painter (b. 1825)
• 1913 » William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Roger Casement, Irish poet and activist (b. 1864)

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.
• May 18 » American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
• May 23 » The General German Workers' Association, a precursor of the modern Social Democratic Party of Germany, is founded in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony.
• July 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg begins.
• July 9 » American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends, giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
• July 18 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Fort Wagner: One of the first formal African American military units, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, supported by several white regiments, attempts an unsuccessful assault on Confederate-held Battery Wagner.
• October 26 » The Football Association is founded.

The temperature on August 3, 1863 was about 21.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.