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• Aartje Lintner, Opheusden
• Adriana Wessels, Nijmegen († 1863)
• Agatha Catharina Holwerda, Westellingwerf {FR} (gemeente)
• Adrianus Kepers, Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Bella Kalkhoven, Amsterdam, N-H, Ned
• Adrianus van Roosmalen, Nuland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1918)
• Alida van Straten, Woudrichem († 1864)
• Anna Maria Jonas, Hetzerath, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Anje Doedens, Scheemda gemeente Oldambt Groningen († 1900)
• Anna Maria Niessen, Kessel, Limburg, Nederland († 1938)

• Kelder (0), Lemele, gemeente Ommen
• Farinaux (0), Den Helder
• Agnes Dongelmans (85), Haastrecht
• Boermans (0), Tirns
• Anna Gesina Abeln (1), Lathen, Emsland
• Aaltje Hanzes de Haan (78), Ooststellingwerf
• Meuldijk (0), heenvliet
• Anna Dongelmans (84), Haastrecht
• Alida Seelen, Alkmaar
• Adrianus Franciscus Van Vaerenbergh (67)

• 1837 » Fredrik Bajer, Danish lieutenant and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1922)
• 1838 » John Muir, Scottish-American environmentalist and author († 1914)
• 1851 » Charles Barrois, French geologist and palaeontologist († 1939)
• 1854 » William Stang, German-American bishop († 1907)
• 1864 » Max Weber, German economist and sociologist († 1920)
• 1868 » Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter († 1932)
• 1870 » Edwin Stanton Porter, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1941)
• 1874 » Vincent Scotto, French actor and composer († 1952)
• 1882 » Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1961)
• 1885 » Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner († 1967)

• 1815 » Joseph Winston, American soldier and politician (b. 1746)
• 1825 » Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1765)
• 1852 » Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787)
• 1863 » Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet, Irish politician (b. 1782)
• 1900 » Vikramatji Khimojiraj, Indian ruler (b. 1819)
• 1910 » Mark Twain, American novelist, humorist, and critic (b. 1835)
• 1918 » Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1924 » Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Robert Bridges, English poet and author (b. 1844)
• 1932 » Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Bohemian cardinal (b. 1864)

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 19 » American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs: The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.
• April 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.
• June 4 » American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.
• 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 14 » American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.
• November 28 » American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates.

The temperature on April 21, 1862 was about 12.3 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.