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• Adriaan Broos, Hoeven († 1936)
• Adriana Spaans, Scheveningen († 1895)
• Aalbertus de Vries, Rotterdam († 1863)
• Antonia Kuipers, Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anskjen Anskes de Jong, Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1925)
• Albert Frans Duym, St-Niklaas
• Annigjen van WENDEL, Ambt Vollenhove († 1928)
• Adriaan Back, Middelburg
• Antonia de Waard, Katendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amalie Schäfer, Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein

• Aaltje Koppes (50), Berkhout, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ann Metcalfe (39), Sheriff Hutton, Yorkshire, England
• (2) Aaltje Koppes (50), Berkhout, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Catharina Beulink (48), Doetinchem, Netherlands
• Aaltje Koppes (50), Berkhout, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anne Andries Mokma (87), Hantumeruitburen
• Anthonia Schoenmakers (29), IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bastiaantje Coljee (38), Breukelen-Nijenrode, Utrecht, Nederland
• Carolus Andreas Delzainne (49), Maastricht
• Bastiaan van Bruggen (0), Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1854 » Solko van den Bergh, Dutch target shooter († 1916)
• 1860 » Alexis Lapointe, Canadian runner († 1924)
• 1861 » William Propsting, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Tasmania († 1937)
• 1866 » Miina Sillanpää, Finnish journalist and politician († 1952)
• 1867 » Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish general and politician, 6th President of Finland († 1951)
• 1873 » Nictzin Dyalhis, American author (d.1942)
• 1877 » Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1879 » Mabel Lucie Attwell, English author and illustrator († 1964)
• 1880 » Clara Blandick, American actress († 1962)
• 1885 » Arturo Rawson, Argentinian general and politician, 26th President of Argentina († 1952)

• 1798 » Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and author (b. 1725)
• 1801 » Frederick Muhlenberg, American minister and politician, 1st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1750)
• 1809 » Nicolai Abildgaard, Danish neoclassical and history painter, sculptor and architect (b. 1743)
• 1830 » Antonio José de Sucre, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Bolivia (b. 1795)
• 1872 » Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch historian, jurist, and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1798)
• 1875 » Eduard Mörike, German pastor and poet (b. 1804)
• 1876 » Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire, 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1830)
• 1922 » W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (b. 1864)
• 1925 » Margaret Murray Washington, American Academic (b. 1865)
• 1926 » Fred Spofforth, Australian-English cricketer and coach (b. 1853)

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 21 » American Civil War: Battle of Valverde is fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.
• April 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins: In Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.
• April 16 » American Civil War: Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia.
• May 12 » American Civil War: U.S. federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• May 31 » American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: Confederate forces under Joseph E. Johnston and G.W. Smith engage Union forces under George B. McClellan outside Richmond, Virginia.
• December 26 » The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, where 38 Native Americans died.

The temperature on June 4, 1862 was about 18.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%.