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• Aleida Luberta Bresser, Apeldoorn († 1936)
• Augustinus Pluys, Noorderwijk 2200, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Aleida Luberta Bresser, Apeldoorn († 1936)
• Augustinus Pluys, Noorderwijk, Herentals, Antwerpen, België
• Artje Alida van Lith, Deil († 1946)
• Anna Puijk, Rhenen († 1942)
• Andrew Noble, Broadsea, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Albert Feenstra, Butenpost († 1915)
• Anna Wilhelmina Cornelia Hoest, Rotterdam, Netherlands († 1901)
• Adolph Friedrich Christian Nolte, Hornburg, Niedersachsen, Duitsland

• Albert Hendriks SCHUT (0), Leiderdorp Zuid-Holland Netherlands
• Adrianus de Bruijn (58), ammerstol (zuid holland)
• Aaltje Jubbega (19), Eese (Steenwijkerwold)
• Antonius Jansen (79), Gendt, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Zwigtman (14), Wissenkerke
• Anje Klooster (41), Middelstum
• + Jantje Jans Beereboom (76), Leek,, Groningen, Nederland
• Aagje WIJNGAARDEN, van (32), Gouderak, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje de Wit (29), Barsingerhorn/26
• Antje Been (0), Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1850 » Frederick Holder, Australian politician, 19th Premier of South Australia († 1909)
• 1850 » Henry Cabot Lodge, American historian and politician († 1924)
• 1859 » Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia († 1918)
• 1859 » William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician († 1932)
• 1863 » Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, Bengali writer, painter, violin player and composer, technologist and entrepreneur. († 1915)
• 1867 » Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant († 1938)
• 1869 » Carl Schuhmann, German gymnast, wrestler, and weightlifter († 1946)
• 1872 » Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia († 1940)
• 1873 » J. E. H. MacDonald, English-Canadian painter († 1932)
• 1874 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian pediatrician and immunologist († 1929)

• 1842 » Walenty Wańkowicz, Belarusian-Polish painter (b. 1799)
• 1845 » János Batsányi, Hungarian poet and academic (b. 1763)
• 1856 » Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1786)
• 1859 » Sergey Aksakov, Russian author and academic (b. 1791)
• 1860 » Charles Barry, English architect, designed Upper Brook Street Chapel and the Palace of Westminster (b. 1795)
• 1864 » J. E. B. Stuart, American general (b. 1833)
• 1867 » Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist and academic (b. 1795)
• 1876 » Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian activist (b. 1843)
• 1878 » Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (b. 1795)
• 1884 » Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer and educator (b. 1824)

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.
• May 1 » American Civil War: The Union Army completes its capture of New Orleans.
• July 1 » The Russian State Library is founded as the Library of the Moscow Public Museum.
• 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 2 » American Civil War: United States President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
• November 5 » American Indian Wars: In Minnesota, 303 Dakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to hang. 38 are ultimately executed and the others reprieved.
• December 26 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins.

The temperature on May 12, 1862 was about 12.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.