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• Adrianus Doedé, Sint-Michielsgestel
• Andries van den DOOL, Peursum († 1910)
• Alle Sakes Scheenstra, Ter Idzard († 1933)
• Amand Joseph Mahy, Villers-Deux-Églises, Namur, Belgium († 1879)
• Anna van Hagen, Delft- († 1866)
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina de Bont, Tilburg
• Albartus Franciscus Roordink, Steenderen († 1931)
• Adriana van Harten, Uithoorn
• Aaltje Schoonbeek, Termunten († 1937)
• Alberdina Huf, Leeuwarden († 1862)

• Adriaan Hoppenbrouwers (70)
• Anna Theresia Hallemeersch (75), Wenduine
• Hilbert van der Weide (11), Noord Hoogeveen Drenthe
• Aagje van der Horst, Nieuwer Amstel
• Adriaantje Krimpen, van (47), Duivendijke gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. Nl
• Aaltje Richts Mulder (74), Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna, Helena Engelenberg (56), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Bakker (38), Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amand Macharius Vercaemer (69), Zarren
• Adriaantje van Krimpen (48), Duivendijke, Zeeland (Nederland)

• 1847 » Hermann de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor († 1904)
• 1851 » Francis Bell, Jewish New Zealand lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1936)
• 1855 » Alfred E. Hunt, American businessman († 1899)
• 1859 » Emil Fenyvessy, Hungarian actor and screenwriter († 1924)
• 1865 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, Indian physician († 1887)
• 1871 » Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann († 1922)
• 1872 » Sergei Diaghilev, Russian ballet manager and critic, founded the Ballets Russes († 1929)
• 1874 » Benjamín G. Hill, Mexican revolutionary general, governor of Sonora († 1920)
• 1874 » Henri Marteau, French violinist and composer († 1934)
• 1876 » Borisav Stanković, Serbian author († 1927)

• 1837 » John Constable, English painter and educator (b. 1776)
• 1850 » John C. Calhoun, American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1855 » Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1816)
• 1877 » Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1801)
• 1880 » Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Franz Abt, German composer and conductor (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1823)
• 1910 » Jean Moréas, Greek poet, essayist and art critic (b. 1856)
• 1913 » J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier (b. 1837)
• 1915 » Wyndham Halswelle, English-Scottish runner and captain (b. 1882)

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 19 » American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs: The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.
• February 16 » American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
• April 7 » American Civil War: The Union's Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the Ohio defeat the Confederate Army of Mississippi near Shiloh, Tennessee.
• April 12 » American Civil War: The Andrews Raid (the Great Locomotive Chase) occurs, starting from Big Shanty, Georgia (now Kennesaw).
• June 4 » American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.
• October 8 » American Civil War: The Confederate invasion of Kentucky is halted at the Battle of Perryville.

The temperature on March 31, 1862 was about 11.8 °C. The air pressure was 6.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.