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• Anna Maria WIEGGERINK, Groenlo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alfred Jones Burton, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America († 1928)
• Aaltien Ter Borg, Tynaarlo, Vries,, Drenthe, Nederland († 1939)
• Aaltje Reiding, Morra Frl († 1928)
• Aartje Johanna Logtenberg, Heerde († 1863)
• Aaltien SCHEPER, Ruinen
• Anna Cornelia Paulina Andriessen, Oorderen
• Adriana Stroethof, Amsterdam
• Anna de Wit, Sneek († 1944)
• Albert Ambting, Bergh (Beek) († 1947)

• Alfred Candidus Ferdinand von Windisch-Graetz (74), Wien, Autriche
• Aart de Regt (37), Nieuw Beijerland
• Adriana de Bruin (69), Dodewaard, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aart de Regt (37), Nieuw-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Loosen (70), Haarlem
• Alfred I. Candidus Ferdinand zu Windisch-Grätz (74), Wien, Österreich
• Aaltje de Jong, Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus in 't Veld (47), numansdorp (zuid holland)
• ADRIANUS VAN DORTMONT (64), 'S-GRAVENHAGE
• Anne Marie WEISMAN (34), Oberdorf (68960, Haut-Rhin, France)

• 1854 » Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer and coach († 1924)
• 1857 » Alice Henry, Australian journalist and activist († 1943)
• 1859 » Daria Pratt, American golfer († 1938)
• 1865 » George Owen Squier, American general († 1934)
• 1866 » Antonia Maury, American astronomer and astrophysicist († 1952)
• 1867 » Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., American director and producer († 1932)
• 1869 » David Robertson, Scottish-English golfer and rugby player († 1937)
• 1874 » Alfred Tysoe, English runner († 1901)
• 1876 » Walter Tewksbury, American runner and hurdler († 1968)
• 1877 » Maurice Farman, French race car driver and pilot († 1964)

• 1804 » Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien (b. 1772)
• 1843 » Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican general and politician, 1st President of Mexico (b. 1786)
• 1843 » Robert Southey, English poet, historian, and translator (b. 1774)
• 1854 » Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) (b. 1795)
• 1863 » Edwin Vose Sumner, American general (b. 1797)
• 1869 » Juan Almonte, son of José María Morelos, was a Mexican soldier and diplomat who served as a regent in the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) (b. 1803)
• 1884 » Ezra Abbot, American scholar and academic (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Joseph E. Johnston, American general (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Frederick Winslow Taylor, American golfer, tennis player, and engineer (b. 1856)
• 1920 » Evelina Haverfield, British suffragette and aid worker (b. 1867)

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 9 » American Civil War: USSMonitor and CSSVirginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
• April 29 » American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut.
• May 20 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law, opening 84million acres of public land to settlers.
• August 5 » American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge: Along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats.
• September 5 » American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia crosses the Potomac River at White's Ford in the Maryland Campaign.
• September 22 » A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released by Abraham Lincoln.

The temperature on March 21, 1862 was about 5.8 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.