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• Albert Post, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• "Marie" Alphonsine Hubertine de Gruben, Wijnegem, Belgique († 1940)
• Albert van de Kamp, Oldebroek, Nederland († 1939)
• Arie van Halewijn, Krimpen aan de Lek, South Holland, Netherlands († 1934)
• Anna Alix Lecourt, Saint-Hilaire, Vendée, Frankrijk
• Albert Post, Amsterdam
• Adriana Francina Stehouwer, Hendrik Ido Ambacht († 1882)
• abraham BREEDERLAND
• "Ernst" Andreas Georg Friedrich Wilhelm von Studnitz, Düsseldorf, Allemagne († 1907)
• Antje Bok, Molkwerum († 1932)

• Abraham Drop (80), Vlaardingen
• Barbara Biesmans (47), Grote-Spouwen-Bilzen
• Bastiaan Aartsz Sloof (66), Chasseneuil/Poi
• Augustin Joseph Bayot (77), Vodecée, Namur, Belgium
• Bastiaan Aartsz. Sloof (66), Charlois
• Adriana van der Helm (0), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Carter "Annie" Lee **** (23), Warrenton, Warren, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Bastiaan Aartsz Sloof (66), Rotterdam(Charlois)
• Adriana Enzlin (3), Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland
• Abraham Drop (80), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1847 » Frits Thaulow, Norwegian painter († 1906)
• 1854 » Arthur Rimbaud, French soldier and poet († 1891)
• 1858 » John Burns, English union leader and politician, President of the Board of Trade († 1943)
• 1859 » John Dewey, American psychologist and philosopher († 1952)
• 1864 » James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico († 1951)
• 1874 » Charles Ives, American composer († 1954)
• 1882 » Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor († 1956)
• 1882 » Margaret Dumont, American actress († 1965)
• 1885 » Jelly Roll Morton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (Red Hot Peppers and New Orleans Rhythm Kings) († 1941)
• 1887 » Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan († 1981)

• 1865 » Champ Ferguson, American guerrilla leader (b. 1821)
• 1870 » Michael William Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808)
• 1871 » Karl Christian Ulmann, Latvian-German theologian and academic (b. 1793)
• 1880 » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1802)
• 1883 » George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821)
• 1894 » James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846)
• 1908 » Vaiben Louis Solomon, Australian politician, 21st Premier of South Australia (b. 1853)
• 1910 » David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (b. 1843)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Jacobus
10. Petrus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Hendrikus
15. Klaas
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Aaltje
10. Wilhelmina
11. Grietje
12. Antje
13. Trijntje
14. Neeltje
15. Elizabeth
16. Mary

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
• 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 30 » The first American ironclad warship, the USSMonitor is launched.
• May 13 » The USSPlanter, a steamer and gunship, steals through Confederate lines and is passed to the Union, by a southern slave, Robert Smalls, who later was officially appointed as captain, becoming the first black man to command a United States ship.
• July 16 » American Civil War: David Farragut is promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank.
• September 4 » American Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
• September 18 » The Confederate States celebrate for the first and only time a Thanksgiving Day.
• December 12 » American Civil War: USSCairo sinks on the Yazoo River.

The temperature on October 20, 1862 was about 12.4 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.