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• Alexander Hyslop CHARTERIS, Taromeo, Queensland, Australia († 1929)
• Aaltje Bezoen, Meppel († 1911)
• Antonius Swart, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1862)
• Alphonse Charles DELAVESNE, Cappy,80,Somme,Picardie,FRANCE
• Aagtje Diephuis, Leermens (gem. Eemsdelta) († 1945)
• Amos Luther Chamberlain, Centerville, Allegany, New York, United States († 1938)
• Adrianus Johannes Bergen Henegouwen, Stompwijk, Zuid Holland, Netherlands († 1932)
• Antonie Hietbrink, Gorssel († 1928)
• Adrianus Bergen Henegouwen, Stompwijk
• Adrianus van Rijs, Zegwaart Zoetermeer Zuid-Holland († 1864)

• Antonia Woltera Bos (30), Oud-Avereest, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Barbara* Kagy Schenk\Shank (86), Strasburg, Lancaster County, PA
• Abigail Brown ** (93), New Hampshire, Verenigde Staten
• Angenes Steegers (25), Bunnik, Utrecht, NL
• Anna Schuiling (58), Bovensmilde (gem. Midden-Drenthe)
• Bonaventura Nicolas de HEUSCH de BOMBROUCK (79), Kortessem, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Christina Willemina Te Kronnie (40), Winterswijk
• Anna Wilhelmina Bloemzaat
• Abraham de Vries (2), Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Angenes Steegers (25), Bunnik, The Netherlands

• 1843 » Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist († 1927)
• 1860 » Albert Giraud, Belgian poet and librarian († 1929)
• 1863 » Sándor Bródy, Hungarian author and journalist († 1924)
• 1877 » Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor († 1929)
• 1879 » Huda Sha'arawi, Egyptian feminist and journalist († 1947)
• 1884 » Cyclone Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player and politician († 1979)
• 1888 » Bronson M. Cutting, American publisher and politician († 1935)
• 1889 » Anna Akhmatova, Ukrainian-Russian poet and author († 1966)
• 1889 » Verena Holmes, English engineer († 1964)
• 1894 » Harold Barrowclough, New Zealand military leader, lawyer and Chief Justice († 1972)

• 1811 » Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida, Portuguese poet and author (b. 1740)
• 1832 » Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet, Scottish geologist and geophysicist (b. 1761)
• 1836 » James Mill, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1773)
• 1848 » Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, Electress of Bavaria (b. 1776)
• 1856 » Ivan Kireyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1806)
• 1881 » Matthias Jakob Schleiden, German botanist and academic (b. 1804)
• 1891 » Samuel Newitt Wood, American lawyer and politician (b. 1825)
• 1891 » Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic (b. 1804)
• 1893 » Theophilus Shepstone, English-South African politician (b. 1817)
• 1893 » William Fox, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1812)

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. Mary
16. Elizabeth

• 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.
• April 25 » American Civil War: Forces under U.S. Admiral David Farragut demand the surrender of the Confederate city of New Orleans, Louisiana.
• August 30 » American Civil War: Battle of Richmond: Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union forces under General William "Bull" Nelson.
• September 15 » American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia (present-day Harpers Ferry, West Virginia).
• November 7 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside was assigned to command the Army of the Potomac in Antietam, Maryland. After Union General George B. McClellan refused to pursue Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia after their retreat from the Battle of Antietam.
• November 9 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan is removed.
• December 31 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln signs an act that admits West Virginia to the Union, thus dividing Virginia in two.

The temperature on June 23, 1862 was about 13.5 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.