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• Adolph George van Lennep, Heemstede († 1931)
• Alphonsus Joseph Verheggen, Hilvarenbeek († 1918)
• A. van Assen
• Alida Johanna van den Hoven, Utrecht († 1918)
• Antje Jans de Wagt, Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel, Nederland († 1865)
• Staal, Noordhorn
• Adolf George Van Lennep, Heemstede, Noord Holland, Netherlands († 1931)
• Anna Maria Hamers, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1862)
• Angelina Cornelia van de Laar, Nuland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1945)
• Adolf George Lennep, van, Heemstede († 1931)

• Carolus Johannes Hinfelaar (0)
• Anna Cornelia Borgwat (39), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hoogendoorn (0), Noord Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Geertruid Andries (Bremer) Hoogeveen, Norgervaart Norg Drenthe
• Alida Bakker (17), Leimuiden
• Antje Groensma (2), Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Zandbergen (6), Alkemade
• Adriana LOKKER Bdr (1), Den Bommel, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Anna Veidinger (0), Schambeck,Stuhlweißenburg,Komitat Pest,Ungarn,Zsámbok,H
• Catharina Zonneveld (0), Heiloo

• 1838 » Eli Lilly, American soldier, chemist, and businessman, founded Eli Lilly and Company († 1898)
• 1839 » John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company († 1937)
• 1851 » Arthur Evans, English archaeologist and academic († 1941)
• 1851 » John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria († 1916)
• 1857 » Alfred Binet, French psychologist and graphologist († 1911)
• 1867 » Käthe Kollwitz, German painter and sculptor († 1945)
• 1876 » Alexandros Papanastasiou, Greek sociologist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1936)
• 1882 » Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer († 1961)
• 1885 » Ernst Bloch, German philosopher, author, and academic († 1977)
• 1885 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss († 1948)

• 1820 » Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor (b. 1816)
• 1822 » Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright (b. 1792)
• 1850 » Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774)
• 1859 » Oscar I of Sweden (b. 1799)
• 1873 » Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German painter and lithographer (b. 1805)
• 1887 » Ben Holladay, American businessman (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian chemist and physicist (b. 1821)
• 1905 » Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1913 » Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (b. 1880)
• 1917 » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)

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.
• January 16 » Hartley Colliery disaster: Two hundred and four men and boys killed in a mining disaster, prompting a change in UK law which henceforth required all collieries to have at least two independent means of escape.
• February 16 » American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
• March 23 » American Civil War: The First Battle of Kernstown, Virginia, marks the start of Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Although a Confederate defeat, the engagement distracts Federal efforts to capture Richmond.
• July 18 » First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
• August 17 » American Civil War: Major General J. E. B. Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
• August 17 » American Indian Wars: The Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Dakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.

The temperature on July 8, 1862 was about 16.2 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.