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• Anna Susanna van Dusseldorp, Vlaardingen († 1919)
• Bernardus Albers, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1882)
• Albert Westerhof, Uffelte, Havelte († 1937)
• Arie Blommestijn, Maarssen († 1941)
• Antje Bootsman
• Aantje of Antje de Bruin, Ameide († 1913)
• Aaltje Roodveldt, Amsterdam († 1923)
• Albertus Albertusz ten Bruggencate, Almelo († 1918)
• Albertus ten Bruggencate, Almelo, Nederland († 1918)
• Adrianus NAAKTGEBOREN, Dubbeldam († 1950)

• Andreas (Kohen Elieser) Schweizer (86), Weilerswist, 53919, Duitsland
• Arie Barendrecht (79), 's Gravendeel
• arie SCHIPPER (0), oud-beijerland
• Barbara Vanzieleghem (76), Torhout West-Vlaanderen België
• Armina Cudworth **** (25), Readsboro, Bennington, Vermont, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Paulussen (21), Chaam
• Antonetta Bax (16), Oeffelt
• Baukjen Baaije Nannes Swierstra (78), mantgum
• Adriaan Paulussen (21), Chaam
• Carl August Franz Kalhorn (0), Rotterdam

• 1845 » Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist († 1888)
• 1846 » Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author († 1935)
• 1854 » Jean-Marie Guyau, French philosopher and poet († 1888)
• 1860 » Kanō Jigorō, Japanese martial artist († 1938)
• 1864 » Adolfo Camarillo, Mexican-American rancher and philanthropist († 1958)
• 1867 » Sister Nivedita, Irish-Indian nurse, author, and educator († 1911)
• 1875 » Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, Turkish-Canadian journalist († 1966)
• 1877 » Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager († 1952)
• 1879 » Channing H. Cox, American lawyer and politician, 49th Governor of Massachusetts († 1968)
• 1880 » Wilhelm Anderson, Belarusian-Estonian astrophysicist and astronomer († 1940)

• 1818 » Abigail Adams, American writer and second First Lady of the United States (b. 1744)
• 1841 » Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1792)
• 1857 » Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, French general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of France (b. 1802)
• 1877 » Robert Swinhoe, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1835)
• 1879 » Marie Roch Louis Reybaud, French economist and politician (b. 1799)
• 1899 » Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American engineer, invented the Linotype machine (b. 1854)
• 1900 » Max Müller, German philologist and orientalist (b. 1823)
• 1914 » Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and critic (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist and academic (b. 1838)
• 1916 » Oswald Boelcke, German WWI flying ace (b. 1891)

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.
• March 13 » The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves was passed by the United States Congress, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
• June 19 » The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford.
• October 11 » American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
• November 5 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.
• November 9 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan is removed.
• November 28 » American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates.

The temperature on October 28, 1862 was about 11.0 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.