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• Aaltje Beveren van, Stavenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Calvin Henry Catlin, Davison, Genesee, Michigan, United States († 1939)
• Camille Paternoster, Farciennes (6240, Hainaut)
• Adriaan Bakker, Oosterland (gem. Wieringen)
• Anna van Dongen, Oosterhout, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1862)
• Aanne Mud, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1890)
• Anne Hoveling, Avereest († 1929)
• Bastiaan Wijnands, Almkerk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1944)
• Abbie Conant Healy († 1886)
• Anna Postema, Cook County(Cook), Verenigde Staten († 1915)

• Anne Thijssen Koopman (33), vledderveen
• Alida Leonardina van Munster (75), Amsterdam
• Albertus Gelsing (49), Pannerden
• van der Woude (0), Britsum
• Andries van Ooijen (78), Leidschendam, Nederland
• Anne Thyssen Koopman (33), Vledderveen (Onstwedde)
• Albertus Gelsing (49), Pannerden, Rijnwaarden, Gelderland, Niederlande
• Antje Jans Delver (53), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Delver (53), Zijpe
• Baukje Visser (0), Marrum

• 1840 » Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator, created The Thinker († 1917)
• 1842 » John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1919)
• 1848 » Eduard Müller, Swiss lawyer and politician, 51st President of the Swiss Confederation († 1919)
• 1850 » Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player and theoretician († 1908)
• 1866 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China († 1925)
• 1872 » William Fay, Irish actor and producer († 1947)
• 1881 » Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal († 1954)
• 1881 » Olev Siinmaa, Estonian-Swedish architect († 1948)
• 1886 » Ben Travers, English author and playwright († 1980)
• 1886 » Günther Dyhrenfurth, German geologist and mountaineer († 1975)

• 1793 » Jean Sylvain Bailly, French astronomer, mathematician, and politician, 1st Mayor of Paris (b. 1736)
• 1793 » Lord George Gordon, English politician (b. 1751)
• 1836 » Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentinian general and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1773)
• 1847 » William Christopher Zeise, Danish chemist who prepared Zeise's salt, one of the first organometallic compounds (b. 1789)
• 1865 » Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (b. 1810)
• 1896 » Joseph James Cheeseman, Liberian politician, 12th President of Liberia (b. 1843)
• 1902 » William Henry Barlow, English engineer (b. 1812)
• 1916 » Percival Lowell, American astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1855)
• 1933 » F. Holland Day, American photographer and publisher (b. 1864)
• 1933 » John Cady, American golfer (b. 1866)

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 23 » American Civil War: The First Battle of Kernstown, Virginia, marks the start of Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Although a Confederate defeat, the engagement distracts Federal efforts to capture Richmond.
• July 1 » The Russian State Library is founded as the Library of the Moscow Public Museum.
• August 30 » American Civil War: Battle of Richmond: Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union forces under General William "Bull" Nelson.
• September 14 » American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.
• September 17 » American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.
• October 8 » American Civil War: The Confederate invasion of Kentucky is halted at the Battle of Perryville.

The temperature on November 12, 1862 was about 6.6 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.