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• Anna Catharina Gerwen, van, Tilburg, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Anna (Anna Maria) Trox, Osterode († 1864)
• (m) Schuppener, Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1862)
• Aaltje de Graaf, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Nederland († 1937)
• Aart Schuiteman, Nunspeet († 1934)
• van Tuinen († 1862)
• Adrianus Franciscus Zwijsen, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1941)
• van der Kolk, Den Ham († 1862)
• Alexander Cornelis Hartman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1918)
• Andreas Jacobus Cornet, Tegelen († 1939)

• Adolphine DEMOUSTIER (49), Saint-Ghislain, 7330, Hainaut, Wallonie, Belgique
• Antonia Maria Elisabeth Clavant (5), Nijmegen
• (100) Jean Pierre SURLEAU (78), Montbéliard, 25200, Doubs, Franche-Comté, FRANCE
• van Tuinen (0)
• Anthonij Gideon Petrus ANEMAET (70), Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• "Antonia" Antonetta Antonetta, Berlicum, NL
• Anthonij Gideon Petrus ANEMAET Czn (70), Middelharnis, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Anthonius Kamerbeek (42), Zwolle 8
• Antonie Hesius (51), Heeze,Heeze-Leende,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• (m) Schuppener (0), Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein

• 1848 » Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan († 1913)
• 1858 » Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1946)
• 1864 » Clara Emilia Smitt, Swedish doctor and author († 1928)
• 1869 » Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player and umpire († 1960)
• 1874 » Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer († 1935)
• 1877 » Marsden Hartley, American painter and poet († 1943)
• 1878 » A. E. Coppard, English poet and short story writer († 1957)
• 1878 » Augustus John, Welsh painter and illustrator († 1961)
• 1881 » Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor († 1919)
• 1883 » Max Eastman, American author and poet († 1969)

• 1825 » Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1751)
• 1863 » Roger Hanson, American general (b. 1827)
• 1874 » Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)
• 1877 » Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1794)
• 1880 » Anselm Feuerbach, German painter and educator (b. 1829)
• 1880 » Edward William Cooke, English painter and illustrator (b. 1811)
• 1882 » John William Draper, English-American physician, chemist, and photographer (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Antoine Chanzy, French general (b. 1823)
• 1891 » Antoine Labelle, Canadian priest (b. 1833)
• 1896 » Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German bishop and academic (b. 1821)

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 22 » Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.
• May 5 » Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.
• June 8 » American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys: Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George B. McClellan.
• August 6 » American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad CSSArkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering catastrophic engine failure near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• September 17 » American Civil War: George B. McClellan halts the northward drive of Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army in the single-day Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American military history.
• November 5 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.

The temperature on January 4, 1862 was about 2.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.