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• Adriana Johanna de Visser, Zaamslag, Zeeland, Nederland († 1952)
• Antonetta Elisabeth Stolk, Kethel en Spaland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1862)
• Aleida Kwerreveld, Doetinchem (GL) († 1946)
• Anna Bosman, Oldehove, Groningen, Netherlands († 1862)
• Antje Schouten, Ransdorp, Noord Holland, Netherlands († 1887)
• Alphonsus Martinus Michiels, Herenthout, België
• Adriana Cornelia Aarts (Aerts), Zevenbergen († 1862)
• Antje Prins, Scheemda, Nieuw Scheemda
• Anna Geertruida Grijsen, Ruwenhof, Neede († 1899)
• Adrianus Kools, Gilze-Rijen († 1922)

• Amata Natalia Amee (43), Ingelmunster
• Aaltje Cornelisdr Bruin (32), Schagen
• Adrianus Van Gerwen (49), Lith (Noord Brabant)
• Anke Jans De Jong (66), Gaasterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Albert Willems (Eijsing) Eising (88), Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aldert Geerts Lojinga (49), Harlingen
• Anna Catharina Beuren (75), Santa Filomena, São Pedro de Alcântara, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Anna Folkerts Dorenbos (59), Winsum, Het Hogeland, Groningen, Nederland
• Amélia VANDEWALLE (48), Loppem, Région Flamande, Belgique
• Anthony van Otterloo (71), Leeuwarden

• 1853 » Sophie Elkan, Swedish writer († 1921)
• 1855 » Hubert Bland, English businessman († 1914)
• 1861 » Ernest Renshaw, English tennis player († 1899)
• 1861 » William Renshaw, English tennis player († 1904)
• 1862 » Matthew Nathan, English soldier and politician, 13th Governor of Queensland († 1939)
• 1865 » Henry Lytton, English actor († 1936)
• 1870 » Henry Handel Richardson, Australian-English author († 1946)
• 1873 » Ichizō Kobayashi, Japanese businessman and art collector, founded the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings († 1957)
• 1875 » Alexandros Diomidis, Greek banker and politician, 145th Prime Minister of Greece († 1950)
• 1876 » Wilhelm Pieck, German carpenter and politician, 1st President of the German Democratic Republic († 1960)

• 1826 » Louis-Gabriel Suchet, French general (b. 1770)
• 1871 » Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Indian priest and saint (b. 1805)
• 1875 » Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1817)
• 1882 » William Harrison Ainsworth, English author (b. 1805)
• 1895 » James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman, co-founded Currier and Ives (b. 1824)
• 1903 » Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (b. 1837)
• 1911 » Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (b. 1851)
• 1915 » James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1916 » Grenville M. Dodge, American general and politician (b. 1831)
• 1922 » Wilhelm Voigt, German criminal (b. 1849)

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.
• January 30 » The first American ironclad warship, the USSMonitor is launched.
• March 7 » American Civil War: Union forces engage Confederate troops at the Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas.
• April 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.
• September 17 » American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.
• November 5 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.
• December 13 » American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats Union Major General Ambrose Burnside.

The temperature on January 3, 1862 was about 1.1 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.