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• Anna Catharina Pul, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1862)
• Adriana Touw, Nieuw-Helvoet
• Adolph Christian Fritz Carl Baumann, Berlijn
• Adriana TOUW, Nieuw Helvoet († 1948)
• Anna May Laughlin ****, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1915)
• Ana Messias Franco de Moraes Barros, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Anthoinette Steenbakker, Heinkenszand ZL
• Anthonius Laurentius Nijsen, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1862)
• Anna Catharina Wilhelmina HENDRIKX, Swalmen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1942)
• Albert Bijsterbosch, Heerde, Nederland († 1880)

• Arie van Govertsz Herk (86), Ouderkerk aan den IJssel
• Anna Catharina Torfs (75), Massenhoven, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Aartje LEEMANS (68), Vuren
• Arnoldus Ophoff (61), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Berendina Zwinenberg (40), Brummen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Annetje van der Voorde (26), Nieuwenhoorn
• aaltje van as (63), scherpenisse (zeeland)
• Aaltje Izakse van Ast (63), Scherpenisse
• Anna Maria Thijs (71), Kasterlee, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Aaltje van As (63), Scherpenisse

• 1841 » Watson Fothergill, English architect, designed the Woodborough Road Baptist Church († 1928)
• 1843 » David Gill, Scottish-English astronomer and author († 1914)
• 1851 » Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic († 1940)
• 1857 » Maurice Perrault, Canadian architect, engineer, and politician, 15th Mayor of Longueuil († 1909)
• 1858 » Harry Johnston, English botanist and explorer († 1927)
• 1858 » Henry Scott Tuke, English painter and photographer († 1929)
• 1861 » William Attewell, English cricketer and umpire († 1927)
• 1864 » Frank Chapman, American ornithologist, photographer, and author († 1945)
• 1877 » Thomas C. Hart, American admiral and politician († 1971)
• 1883 » Fernand Gonder, French pole vaulter († 1969)

• 1816 » Pierre Augereau, French general (b. 1757)
• 1818 » Egwale Seyon, Ethiopian emperor
• 1841 » Konstantinos Nikolopoulos, Greek composer, archaeologist, and philologist (b. 1786)
• 1900 » Lucretia Peabody Hale, American journalist and author (b. 1820)
• 1904 » Camille of Renesse-Breidbach (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1932 » Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Russian general (b. 1893)
• 1944 » Erich Marcks, German general (b. 1891)

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.
• June 5 » As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
• August 19 » American Indian Wars: During an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way.
• September 17 » American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.
• September 22 » A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released by Abraham Lincoln.
• October 8 » American Civil War: The Confederate invasion of Kentucky is halted at the Battle of Perryville.
• October 11 » American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

The temperature on June 12, 1862 was about 20.3 °C. The air pressure was 4.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%.