About the day » Thursday September 3, 1863Calender converter

• Adele Constance Martherus, Pekalongan († 1928)
• Amanda Spiva, Oak, Sutter County, California († 1872)
• Anna Maria Margareth Thoonen, Vliermaal, België († 1934)
• Aafje DE LANGE, Harderwijk,Gelderland,Netherlands († 1940)
• Aafke Lammerdina Blomsma, Lutjeloo, Wedde, Groningen, Nederland († 1935)
• Andreas Joseph Hubert Scheepers, Wijlre
• Angelina Victoria Josephina Adriaensen, Antwerpen,Antwerpen,Belgium
• Albert Oosting, Odoorn († 1948)
• Alice Rhyne Horsley, Southpoint Township, Gaston County, North Carolina acc
• Alida Deijl, mathenesse

• Carolus Franciscus Stautemas (64), Zerkegem
• Bartholomeus Hubertus Thoer (61), Nederweert
• (Hendrik)Theodorus Josephus Lemckert (0), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Durieux (7), Katwijk
• Catharina Maria Breed (0), Haarlem, NH, Nederland
• Adrianus de Jong (0), Haarlemmermeer
• Antje Westhoek (0), Zegwaart
• Aaltjen Lodeweges (61), Eefde (Gorssel)
• (Stillborn) REIZIGER (0), Leens Groningen Netherlands
• Albert François HOFLACK (69), Zonnebeke, 33037, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique

• 1840 » Jacob Christian Fabricius, Danish composer († 1919)
• 1841 » Tom Emmett, English cricketer († 1904)
• 1849 » Sarah Orne Jewett, American novelist, short story writer and poet († 1909)
• 1854 » Charles Tatham, American fencer († 1939)
• 1856 » Louis Sullivan, American architect and educator, designed the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building († 1924)
• 1869 » Fritz Pregl, Slovenian chemist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1930)
• 1875 » Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche († 1951)
• 1878 » Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, English tennis player († 1960)
• 1882 » Johnny Douglas, English cricketer and boxer († 1930)
• 1887 » Frank Christian, American trumpet player († 1973)

• 1808 » John Montgomery, American merchant and politician (b. 1722)
• 1857 » John McLoughlin, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1784)
• 1866 » Konstantin Flavitsky, Russian painter (b. 1830)
• 1877 » Adolphe Thiers, French historian and politician, 2nd President of France (b. 1797)
• 1883 » Ivan Turgenev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1818)
• 1886 » William W. Snow, American lawyer and politician (b. 1812)
• 1893 » James Harrison, Scottish-Australian engineer, journalist, and politician (b. 1816)
• 1906 » Mihály Kolossa, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1846)
• 1914 » Albéric Magnard, French composer and educator (b. 1865)
• 1929 » John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (b. 1840)

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 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.
• April 17 » American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
• May 2 » American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later.
• September 6 » American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
• October 29 » Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross.
• November 27 » American Civil War: Battle of Mine Run: Union forces under General George Meade take up positions against troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

The temperature on September 3, 1863 was about 15.8 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.