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• Adriaan Gideonse, Middelburg († 1956)
• Antoon de Wit, Boekel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Barbera Luijendijk, Klaaswaal, Cromstrijen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1949)
• Alida De Heer, Polsbroek, Lopik, Nederland († 1866)
• Ambrosius Meele, Steenbergen († 1903)
• Anna Maria Weusten, Margraten
• Albert Klaver, Harderwijk († 1869)
• Arnoldus Jacobus Martinus Wils, Erp († 1945)
• Alida Maria Beemer, Werkhoven, Utrecht, NL († 1862)
• Aart BREEN Czn, Texel, NL-NH

• Antje Johannes Knevelman (65), Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Hebertus Jacobus van der Doef (0), Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alberic Johan Eugene Emé Markgraaf van Marcieu (72), St. Egrève, Rhône-Alpes
• Dirkje Krimpen (77), Broek, Zederik, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Benjamin Stoppelman (34), Pekela, The Netherlands
• Adriana van Terheijen (13), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Johannes Knevelman (64), Langezwaag-Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Meliefste (35), Middelburg
• Dirk van Altena (25), Sloten,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Lagendijk (0), Katendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1847 » Max Liebermann, German painter and academic († 1935)
• 1849 » Robert Anderson Van Wyck, American lawyer and politician, 91st Mayor of New York City († 1918)
• 1852 » Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1932)
• 1854 » Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist († 1940)
• 1864 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1931)
• 1864 » Ruggero Oddi, Italian physiologist and anatomist († 1913)
• 1868 » Miron Cristea, Romanian cleric and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Romania († 1939)
• 1873 » Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian pilot († 1932)
• 1876 » Otto Blumenthal, German mathematician and academic († 1944)
• 1877 » Tom Crean, Irish sailor and explorer († 1938)

• 1816 » Gavrila Derzhavin, Russian poet and politician (b. 1743)
• 1866 » Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1826)
• 1897 » Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (b. 1820)
• 1901 » William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1903 » Leo XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and author (b. 1835)
• 1908 » Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (b. 1881)
• 1910 » Anderson Dawson, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1923 » Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (b. 1878)

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.
• February 15 » American Civil War: Confederates commanded by Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd attack General Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces Fort Donelson, Tennessee. Unable to break the fort's encirclement, Lloyd surrenders the following day.
• August 28 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Second Manassas. The battle ends on August 30.
• September 18 » The Confederate States celebrate for the first and only time a Thanksgiving Day.
• 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 28 » American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates.
• 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 20, 1862 was about 18.7 °C. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%.