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• Adriana Maria zwijsen, Heusden
• Alida Sophia Kröber (Kreuber), Schiedam
• 'n Levenloos geboren zoon van van der Wilk, Ter Aar (Aardam) († 1862)
• Adriana Broeders, Chaam, NB, Nederland († 1926)
• Albert Alfred TOP, Steene... Haut de France
• Adriana van der Burg, Vlaardingen
• Aloysius VAN DE Voorde, CLINGE (NL)
• Albertus Hermanus Kilian, Amersfoort
• Huizink, Weerselo († 1862)
• Adrianus van Sprang, Moordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1863)

• Aaltje Schaft (44), Sloten, Gaasterlân-Sleat, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aaltje van den Heuvel (57), Nieuwkoop, Nederland
• Alida Petronella Opdam (5), Nieuwer-Amstel
• Huizink (0), Weerselo, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Aaltje BROEKHUIZEN (44), Aarlanderveen
• Aaltje Broekhuizen (44), Aarlanderveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alijda Hermeling (63), Valburg
• Adam Vesey COLCLOUGH
• Alijda Hermeling (63), Valburg, Nederland
• Aloisius Franciscus Johannes Bogaars, Tilburg (Tilburg) (Noord-Brabant)

• 1852 » Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1908)
• 1859 » L. L. Zamenhof, Polish linguist and ophthalmologist, created Esperanto († 1917)
• 1860 » Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager († 1953)
• 1860 » Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and educator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1904)
• 1861 » Charles Duryea, American engineer and businessman, co-founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company († 1938)
• 1861 » Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 3rd President of Finland († 1944)
• 1863 » Arthur Dehon Little, American chemist and engineer († 1935)
• 1869 » Leon Marchlewski, Polish chemist and academic († 1946)
• 1875 » Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist († 1899)
• 1878 » Hans Carossa, German author and poet († 1956)

• 1792 » Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish pianist, violinist, and composer (b. 1756)
• 1812 » Shneur Zalman, Russian rabbi, author and founder of Chabad (b. 1745)
• 1819 » Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (b. 1749)
• 1855 » Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and academic (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Alfred Bird, English chemist and businessman, invented baking powder (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota tribal chief (b. 1831)
• 1943 » Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1904)
• 1944 » Glenn Miller, American bandleader and composer (b. 1904)
• 1947 » Arthur Machen, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Crawford Vaughan, Australian politician, 27th Premier of South Australia (b. 1874)

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.
• March 8 » American Civil War: The Naval Battle of Hampton Roads begins.
• July 12 » The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
• September 13 » American Civil War: Union soldiers find a copy of Robert E. Lee's battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland. It is the prelude to the Battle of Antietam.
• November 5 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.
• December 17 » American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from parts of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.

The temperature on December 15, 1862 was about -1.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.