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• Van Gucht, Bornem († 1862)
• Albert Kolk, Eschmarke (Lonneker) († 1865)
• Akke Pieters van der Meer, Dantumadeel († 1930)
• Aleida Spanbroek, Bemmel Lingewaard
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Trum, 's-Hertogenbosch (N.Br) († 1862)
• Aaltje de Vries, Andijk († 1864)
• van Kessel, Budel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham van der Reijden, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Anna Maria Deters, Diepenveen († 1903)
• Adriana van der Straaten, Almkerk en Uitwijk, Nederland († 1925)

• Agnes Borrowman (80), Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland
• Anne Pomper (5), Ooststellingswerf
• Anna Maria Joosten (65), Bergeijk
• Aafje Frederiks Oud (66), Kampen
• Aafje Frederiks Oud (66), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonius Alphonsus Toirkens (0), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Jongejan (82), Leiderdorp, ZH, Nederland
• ANTONIA ELEONORA ALOIJSIA VAN DER WIELEN (66), Westbroek
• Aalbert Schook (38), Harderwijk
• Anna Jongejan (82), Leiderdorp

• 1854 » Aletta Jacobs, Dutch physician and suffrage activist († 1929)
• 1856 » Hara Takashi, Japanese politician, 10th Prime Minister of Japan († 1921)
• 1859 » Akiyama Yoshifuru, Japanese general († 1930)
• 1863 » Anthony Hope, English author and playwright († 1933)
• 1864 » Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor († 1941)
• 1865 » Erich von Drygalski, German geographer and geophysicist († 1949)
• 1865 » Mrs. Patrick Campbell, English-French actress († 1940)
• 1867 » Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet († 1916)
• 1871 » Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist and physician († 1910)
• 1874 » Amy Lowell, American poet, critic, and educator († 1925)

• 1803 » Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French soldier, poet, and philosopher (b. 1716)
• 1857 » Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet and translator (b. 1798)
• 1874 » Jules Michelet, French historian, philosopher, and academic (b. 1798)
• 1881 » Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (b. 1821)
• 1891 » Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria (b. 1816)
• 1906 » Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1928 » William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland (b. 1868)
• 1930 » Richard With, Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten (b. 1846)
• 1932 » Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and banker (b. 1869)

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.
• May 12 » American Civil War: U.S. federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• August 19 » American Indian Wars: During an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way.
• 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.
• November 9 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan is removed.
• December 26 » The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, where 38 Native Americans died.

The temperature on February 9, 1862 was about -0.7 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.