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• Adrianus Sitton, Schiedam († 1945)
• Aaltje van Essen, Nijkerk († 1905)
• Adriana Johanna De ROO, Delft († 1942)
• Aaltje Molenaar, Urk († 1866)
• Adrianus Constantinus DIERCKX, Ekeren, 11014, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Anatholia d' Hondt, Testelt, 3272, België († 1938)
• Andreas Lodewijk Weve, Wijchen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1911)
• Adolphina Justina DEMAN, Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Bartus Ezendam, Enterbroek, gemeente Wierden († 1944)
• Anna Dorothea Iske, Amsterdam

• (1) Willem Beems (44), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Anna Cajsa (51), Getingsta, Gideå
• Adriana Koeken (69), Loenhout, België
• Ariaantje Nagtegaal (74), Utrecht
• Agnes Grens, Heerewaarden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Langereis (0), Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aarke Merkens (0), Culemborg
• Adriana Helena Punt (10), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Bustraan (66), Wemeldinge, ZL, NL
• Aaltje Schilder (32)

• 1853 » Winthrop M. Crane, American businessman and politician, 40th Governor of Massachusetts († 1920)
• 1856 » Granville Woods, American inventor and engineer († 1910)
• 1857 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer († 1919)
• 1858 » Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1947)
• 1860 » Justinian Oxenham, Australian public servant († 1932)
• 1861 » Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt († 1936)
• 1861 » John Peltz, American baseball player and manager († 1906)
• 1865 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general († 1943)
• 1867 » Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1928)
• 1876 » Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author († 1925)

• 1792 » Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and author (b. 1741)
• 1794 » Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French lawyer and politician (b. 1721)
• 1827 » Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (b. 1780)
• 1839 » Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French admiral and explorer (b. 1768)
• 1850 » William Wordsworth, English poet and author (b. 1770)
• 1889 » Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)
• 1895 » Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1823)
• 1907 » Alferd Packer, American prospector (b. 1842)
• 1915 » Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)

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.
• March 13 » The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves was passed by the United States Congress, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
• April 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins: In Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.
• July 12 » The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
• September 22 » A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released by Abraham Lincoln.
• 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 23, 1862 was about 11.8 °C. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.