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• Albertus Höfelt, Zwartsluis († 1947)
• Adrianus de Koning, Vrijenban,- († 1934)
• Antonia van den Brink, Scherpenzeel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1947)
• Johanna Knoop, Wijk bij Duurstede († 1906)
• Akke Jans Koster, ,, Finkum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1927)
• Adelaide Leonora Hersom, Berwick, York, ME († 1928)
• Antje Dijkstra
• Alfred Lachmann, Namysluw, Opolskie, Poland
• (Stillborn) SYTSMA, Franekeradeel Friesland Netherlands († 1862)
• Adrianus van Welie, Dordrecht, Nederland († 1949)

• Aafke Pieters Siebenga, Lutjewolde (Ten Boer)
• Bernardus Hartog Frank (82), Meppel
• Christiaan STAM (16), Bellingwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus van den Besselaar (61), Valkenswaard
• Antonius Segers (22), Didam, Gelderland (NL.)
• Adolf Gjalts Hoekstra (1), tietjerksteradeel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Carl Heinrich Ludwig Schaefer (82), Kassel,Regierungsbezirk Kassel,Hesse,Germany
• Johanna Matthijssen (60), Huissen
• Adrianus (Adriaan) van den Besselaar (61), Valkenswaard
• Albert Driezen van de Beld (77), Grafhorst, Ov. Nederland

• 1849 » Maria Theresa of Austria-Este († 1919)
• 1862 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1942)
• 1865 » Lily Braun, German author and publicist († 1916)
• 1869 » Liane de Pougy, French-Swiss dancer and author († 1950)
• 1876 » Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist and academic († 1933)
• 1876 » Wilhelm Cuno, German businessman and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1933)
• 1877 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate († 1962)
• 1877 » Rinaldo Cuneo, American artist ("the painter of San Francisco") († 1939)
• 1881 » Royal Hurlburt Weller, American lawyer and politician († 1929)
• 1884 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and author († 1931)

• 1833 » Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 1st Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (b. 1757)
• 1843 » Samuel Hahnemann, German physician and academic (b. 1755)
• 1850 » Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788)
• 1857 » Carlo Pisacane, Italian soldier and philosopher (b. 1818)
• 1903 » Ed Delahanty, American baseball player (b. 1867)
• 1912 » Tom Richardson, English cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1914 » Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1836)
• 1915 » Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1830)
• 1920 » William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
• 1926 » Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (b. 1857)

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 12 » American Civil War: U.S. federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• May 20 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law, opening 84million acres of public land to settlers.
• June 8 » American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys: Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George B. McClellan.
• September 1 » American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly: Confederate Army troops defeat a group of retreating Union Army troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
• September 18 » The Confederate States celebrate for the first and only time a Thanksgiving Day.
• November 5 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.

The temperature on July 2, 1862 was about 14.5 °C. There was 13 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.