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• Alida Schreuder, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1913)
• Alice Henriette AUBERT
• Adriana Johanna Cornelia van Leeuwen, Utrecht († 1926)
• Alida Antonia Buddenberg, Groningen
• ADOLF DELABIE, DEERLIJK († 1862)
• * Pieter Brenkman, IJzendoorn († 1937)
• Adrianus Huis in 't Veld, Weststellingwerf († 1955)
• Adriana Johanna BROOS, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1939)
• Adriaan van Sluijsveld, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1863)
• Adrianus Gouda, vrachtschipper, Haarlem († 1941)

• Arij Arijsz Oosthoek (53), Charlois (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Meerman (1), Goor
• Arien Klaaszoon VEEKEN (60), Blokker, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aldegonda Clemens (3), Belfeld
• Arij Oosthoek (53), Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Te MEERMAN (1), Goor
• Arend Aanstoot (2), Beuseberg, gemeente Markelo
• Antonia Vreeswijk (77), Harmelen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Spaans (0), Harenkarspel
• Anna Maria GREUTERS, Vorden

• 1851 » Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist († 1931)
• 1851 » Otto Bardenhewer, German patrologist († 1935)
• 1856 » Napoléon, Prince Imperial of France († 1879)
• 1857 » Charles Harding Firth, English historian and academic († 1936)
• 1859 » Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist and academic († 1906)
• 1865 » Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball player and manager († 1953)
• 1869 » Willy Burmester, German violinist († 1933)
• 1871 » Frantz Reichel, French rugby player and hurdler († 1932)
• 1871 » Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist († 1951)
• 1874 » Frédéric François-Marsal, French prime minister († 1958)

• 1838 » Nathaniel Bowditch, American captain and mathematician (b. 1773)
• 1841 » Félix Savart, French physicist and psychologist († 1791)
• 1868 » David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso (b. 1814)
• 1884 » Art Croft, American baseball player (b. 1855)
• 1888 » Hippolyte Carnot, French politician (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Samuel F. Miller, American lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
• 1898 » Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator (b. 1872)
• 1899 » Joseph Medill, American journalist and politician, 26th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)
• 1903 » Roy Bean, American lawyer and judge (b. 1825)
• 1907 » John O'Leary, Irish politician (b. 1830)

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 31 » Alvan Graham Clark discovers the white dwarf star Sirius B, a companion of Sirius, through an 18.5-inch (47cm) telescope now located at Northwestern University.
• April 20 » Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the experiment disproving the theory of spontaneous generation.
• May 5 » Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.
• June 20 » Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
• 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.
• September 4 » American Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.

The temperature on March 16, 1862 was about 4.8 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.