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• Anna Euphemia Marie Terwindt-, Pannerden, Nederland († 1939)
• Aaltje De Groote, Hollandscheveld († 1940)
• Albert Leopold Scrooby, Bedford, Cape, South Africa († 1940)
• Andries Nederhoed, Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Abraham Gump, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1940)
• Aalt Hijmensen, Putten († 1943)
• Andreas Alphonsus PEETERS, Werchter Vl.Brabant († 1863)
• Aaltje de Groote, Hollandscheveld (gem. Hoogeveen) († 1940)
• Anna Sophia Brouwer, Loenen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1902)
• Amedeus van de Cauter, Temse († 1862)

• Cornelis Tames (0), Bovenkarspel
• Arent Jan ter Haar (63), Aalten
• Aartje van Wijk (64), Nieuwer-Amstel
• Cornelius Theodorus Gietman (5), Groesbeek, Gelderland,Netherlands
• Carolina Cauters (68), Hemiksem
• Aartje \ Aaltje \ Artje van Wijk (64), Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anje Ebels Zeedijk (85), Nieuwolda
• Aartje Gijsbertse van Wijk (64), NIEUWER AMSTEL (Amstelveen), Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina Blits (54), Barlo (Aalten), Gelderland, Nederland
• Alberdina Bouwhuis (64), Middel (Olst)

• 1843 » Virgil Earp, American marshal († 1905)
• 1845 » Tristan Corbière, French poet († 1875)
• 1848 » W. G. Grace, English cricketer and physician († 1915)
• 1853 » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1928)
• 1861 » Kadambini Ganguly, Indian physician, one of the first Indian women to obtain a degree († 1923)
• 1864 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1937)
• 1867 » Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and activist († 1932)
• 1871 » Giacomo Balla, Italian painter (d.1958)
• 1871 » Sada Yacco, Japanese actress and dancer († 1946)
• 1881 » Larry McLean, Canadian-American baseball player († 1921)

• 1817 » Jane Austen, English novelist (b. 1775)
• 1837 » Vincenzo Borg, Maltese merchant and rebel leader (b. 1777)
• 1863 » Robert Gould Shaw, American colonel (b. 1837)
• 1872 » Benito Juárez, Mexican lawyer and politician, 26th President of Mexico (b. 1806)
• 1884 » Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist and academic (b. 1829)
• 1887 » Dorothea Dix, American social reformer and activist (b. 1802)
• 1890 » Lydia Becker, English journalist, author, and activist, co-founded the Women's Suffrage Journal (b. 1827)
• 1892 » Thomas Cook, English travel agent, founded the Thomas Cook Group (b. 1808)
• 1899 » Horatio Alger, American novelist and journalist (b. 1832)
• 1916 » Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author (b. 1835)

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.
• June 20 » Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
• September 2 » American Civil War: United States President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
• September 14 » American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.
• 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.
• 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.
• December 13 » American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats Union Major General Ambrose Burnside.

The temperature on July 18, 1862 was about 22.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.