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• Annigje Keesen van Wendel, Barsbeek, Ambt Vollenhove, Nederland († 1928)
• Anna Moerkerk, WOUBRUGGE (Kaag en Braassem), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Abelardo da Costa, Brasil
• Anna Maria van Rijswijk, Veen, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1866)
• Albert Julius SUISTE, Washington Territory, Verenigde Staten († 1948)
• Aleida Maria Albers, Voorstonden (Brummen) († 1901)
• Aafje Glastra, Blokzijl, Nederland († 1862)
• Aaltje van den HUL, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1928)
• Aaltje van den Hul, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1928)
• Aaltje Scholten, Amsterdam

• Anna Sophia Venderbos (0), Gorinchem
• Adrianus Petrus Kuijer (16), Rijsenburg, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arriaantje Verboon (74), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barbara Isabella Ebli (49), Breda
• Adrianus Karssemakers (63), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana de Zeeuw (70), Nieuw-en Sint Joosland
• Arie Kranendonk (0), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aukje Gerrits van der Meulen (20)
• Adriana Verboon (74), Naaldwijk
• Aagje Jacobs van Duijvenbode (27), Katwijk

• 1841 » Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher († 1910)
• 1844 » Konstantin Savitsky, Russian painter and academic († 1905)
• 1850 » Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1918)
• 1857 » Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician and physicist († 1918)
• 1862 » Henry Newbolt, English historian, author, and poet († 1938)
• 1867 » David T. Abercrombie, American surveyor and businessman, founded Abercrombie & Fitch († 1931)
• 1868 » Robert Falcon Scott, English sailor and explorer († 1912)
• 1872 » Alix of Hesse, German princess and Russian empress († 1918)
• 1875 » Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1878 » Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French lawyer and politician († 1956)

• 1832 » Jeremy Bentham, English jurist and philosopher (b. 1748)
• 1840 » Marcellin Champagnat, French priest and saint, founded the Marist Brothers (b. 1789)
• 1843 » Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet and author (b. 1770)
• 1861 » Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1810)
• 1862 » Turner Ashby, American colonel (b. 1828)
• 1865 » William Quantrill, American captain (b. 1837)
• 1878 » Robert Stirling, Scottish minister and engineer, invented the stirling engine (b. 1790)
• 1881 » Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1820)
• 1883 » Ciprian Porumbescu, Romanian composer and poet (b. 1853)
• 1891 » John A. Macdonald, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815)

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.
• May 20 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law, opening 84million acres of public land to settlers.
• July 1 » The Russian State Library is founded as the Library of the Moscow Public Museum.
• July 16 » American Civil War: David Farragut is promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank.
• September 17 » American Civil War: George B. McClellan halts the northward drive of Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army in the single-day Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American military history.
• 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.

The temperature on June 6, 1862 was about 21.2 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.