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• Agatha Maria de Vreede, Vrijenban, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1916)
• Alida De Tollenaere, Eke († 1942)
• Agatha Maria de Vreede, Vrijenban, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1916)
• Anja Pot, Westernieland, Eenrum, Groningen, Nederland († 1880)
• Adriaan Johannes van Hal, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aart NAAKTGEBOREN, 's-Gravendeel († 1862)
• Albert Rowaan, Spijk, Eemsdelta, Groningen, Nederland († 1862)
• Albert Rowaan, Spijk (gem. Eemsdelta) († 1862)
• Abraham APON, Rotterdam, ZH, Netherlands († 1932)
• Adolf Bernhard August Staudinger, Kerstenhausen, Germany († 1945)

• "Theodorus" Dores Dores (63), Huissen, NL
• Albert Pauw van Wieldrecht (0), Utrecht
• Anna Maria Helena Suttmeyer (66), Powe, Belm, Hanover, Prussia, Germany
• Aleijda Geertruida Hulshof (83), Lichtenvoorde
• Anna Maria van Erp (0), Oss
• Antonetta van de Horst, Oeffelt
• Adriaan Johannes van Hal (0), Oosterhout
• Antje Hermanusdr ZWIEB (69), Bergschenhoek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan van 't Geloof (0), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Aaltje Mulder (22), Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1852 » Élémir Bourges, French author († 1925)
• 1854 » Maurice Lecoq, French target shooter († 1925)
• 1856 » William Massey, Irish-New Zealand farmer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1925)
• 1857 » Théodore Tuffier, French surgeon († 1929)
• 1859 » A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar († 1936)
• 1859 » Adolf Hurwitz, Jewish German-Swiss mathematician and academic († 1919)
• 1860 » André Prévost, French tennis player († 1919)
• 1866 » Fred Karno, English producer and manager († 1941)
• 1868 » King Fuad I of Egypt († 1936)
• 1873 » Dorothea Bleek, South African-German anthropologist and philologist († 1948)

• 1814 » Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician and politician (b. 1738)
• 1827 » Ludwig van Beethoven, German pianist and composer (b. 1770)
• 1858 » John Addison Thomas, American lieutenant, engineer, and politician, 3rd United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1811)
• 1862 » Uriah P. Levy, American commander (b. 1792)
• 1881 » Roman Sanguszko, Polish general and activist (b. 1800)
• 1885 » Anson Stager, American general and businessman, co-founded Western Union (b. 1825)
• 1888 » Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar (b. 1837)
• 1892 » Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist (b. 1819)
• 1902 » Cecil Rhodes, English-South African colonialist, businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (b. 1853)
• 1905 » Maurice Barrymore, American actor (b. 1849)

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 8 » American Civil War: The Naval Battle of Hampton Roads begins.
• April 16 » American Civil War: Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia.
• 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 19 » American Civil War: Union troops under William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by Sterling Price.
• November 5 » American Indian Wars: In Minnesota, 303 Dakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to hang. 38 are ultimately executed and the others reprieved.
• December 26 » The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, where 38 Native Americans died.

The temperature on March 26, 1862 was about 12.5 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.