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• Adriana Paans, Oirschot († 1940)
• Adrianus van de Corput, Princenhage (NL) († 1940)
• Adriana Devillers, Tholen Z
• Adriaantje de Rooij, Zonnemaire, Nederland
• Albert Cornelis de Jonge, Peize († 1918)
• Adrianus van den Corput, Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1940)
• Anna Maria Vermolen, Abcoude-Proostdij († 1862)
• Albert Wachtmeester, Hollandscheveld (Hoogeveen) († 1862)
• Aart Begon, Tiel
• Anna Elisabeth Verbiest, Langdorp, Aarschot, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium

• Anna Catharina Van de Sande‏ (59), Meerhout, België
• Anna Catharina Debets (0), Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Bernardus Matheus Franciscus Phlippeau (44), Gadok (bij Batavia)
• Bastiaantje Groeneweg (5), Numansdorp
• Archibald Holmes (78), Cumberland Co, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Doedes de Vries (64), Koudum, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Geertruida Schwinde (74), Ilpendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Angenietje de Heijde (69), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Jacob de Jong (15), Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Neth
• Albert Jan Veltmaat (0), Laren (Gld.)

• 1846 » Mariam Baouardy, Syrian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized († 1878)
• 1846 » Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1926)
• 1855 » King Camp Gillette, American businessman, founded the Gillette Company († 1932)
• 1864 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and manager († 1911)
• 1867 » Dimitrios Gounaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 94th Prime Minister of Greece († 1922)
• 1871 » Frederick Converse, American composer and academic († 1940)
• 1874 » Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)
• 1876 » Konrad Adenauer, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of West Germany († 1967)
• 1879 » Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician and academic († 1946)
• 1880 » Nikolai Medtner, Russian pianist and composer († 1951)

• 1823 » George Johnston, Scottish-Australian colonel and politician, Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales (b. 1764)
• 1845 » Robert Smirke, English painter and illustrator (b. 1753)
• 1846 » Alfred Thomas Agate, American painter and illustrator (b. 1812)
• 1858 » Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (b. 1766)
• 1860 » John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Charles Tompson, Australian poet and public servant (b. 1806)
• 1885 » Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar (b. 1812)
• 1888 » Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1803)
• 1899 » Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician (b. 1818)
• 1904 » Karl Alfred von Zittel, German paleontologist and geologist (b. 1839)

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 16 » American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
• April 29 » American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut.
• May 15 » President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture. It is later renamed the United States Department of Agriculture.
• May 20 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law, opening 84million acres of public land to settlers.
• August 17 » American Indian Wars: The Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Dakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.
• November 5 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.

The temperature on January 5, 1862 was about 4.2 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.