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• Adrianus Petrus Meer van der, Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• van Wijk, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Christiaan Leijten, Heusden (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 1899)
• Ariaantje Kleijburg, Rockanje, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Anna Maria Faes, Kessel († 1950)
• Antonie Maria Anna Jansen, Warendorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Albertus Lenters, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 1919)
• AÁaron Meijer van Moppes, Amsterdam († 1943)
• Aloys Alfons Vandamme, Langemark
• Annetje Blom, Eierland (Texel, NH) († 1938)

• Annetje van Voorst (70), Doorn 7
• Adriana Maria Rotteveel (77), Den Haag
• "Jan" Johannes Joost van Hout (87), Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Verhaar (0), Vinkeveen en Waverveen
• Aartje Arents (77), Epse
• Barbara van der Linden (50), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agatha Wechter (73), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Philippus van den Berghe (8), Oude-Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arij de Vrij (54), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Bregje Philippus Stolte (63), Welsrijp

• 1848 » Robert I, Duke of Parma († 1907)
• 1853 » William Turner Dannat, American painter († 1929)
• 1856 » John Verran, English-Australian politician, 26th Premier of South Australia († 1932)
• 1858 » Franz Boas, German-American anthropologist and linguist († 1942)
• 1867 » Georges Lecomte, French author and playwright († 1958)
• 1879 » Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and parasitologist († 1934)
• 1879 » Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer and conductor († 1936)
• 1887 » James Ormsbee Chapin, American-Canadian painter and illustrator († 1975)
• 1887 » Samuel Eliot Morison, American admiral and historian († 1976)
• 1887 » Saturnino Herrán, Mexican painter († 1918)

• 1797 » Edmund Burke, Irish-English philosopher, academic, and politician (b. 1729)
• 1828 » Cathinka Buchwieser, German operatic singer and actress (b. 1789)
• 1850 » Báb, Persian religious leader, founded Bábism (b. 1819)
• 1850 » Zachary Taylor, American general and politician, 12th President of the United States (b. 1784)
• 1852 » Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1794)
• 1856 » Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1776)
• 1856 » James Strang, American religious leader and politician (b. 1813)
• 1880 » Paul Broca, French physician and anatomist (b. 1824)
• 1882 » Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean captain (b. 1848)
• 1903 » Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist and photographer (b. 1842)

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.
• February 5 » Moldavia and Wallachia formally unite to create the Romanian United Principalities.
• February 6 » American Civil War: Forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote give the Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee in the Battle of Fort Henry.
• April 16 » American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law.
• June 1 » American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: The Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
• July 15 » The CSS Arkansas, the most effective ironclad on the Mississippi River, battles with Union ships commanded by Admiral David Farragut, severely damaging three ships and sustaining heavy damage herself. The encounter changed the complexion of warfare on the Mississippi and helped to reverse Rebel fortunes on the river in the summer of 1862.
• July 18 » First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.

The temperature on July 9, 1862 was about 19.1 °C. The air pressure was 3.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%.