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• Anna Maria van Heugten, Neer, Limburg, Nederland († 1940)
• Abraham Johannes Hector, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje Smit, Beerta († 1928)
• Amelie Aelbrecht, Lebbeke
• * Willem (1) Batenburg, Brielle, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1864)
• Aaldert Jannes Slot, Noordwolde, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Holdermans, Nieuw Lekkerland
• Aaldert Jannes Slot, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1920)
• Aaldert Slot, Weststellingwerf
• Alida de Graaf, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)

• Aukjen Harmens Bron (61), Lemsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• annigjen hommes (70), groningen
• Arjen Jelles (Arien) Dokkum (29), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis Baetens (54), Esch, Nederland
• Anna Maria Margreta Nobis (68), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Angeline Hilts (2), Gormley, Whitchurch-Stouffville, York, Ontario, Canada
• Anna Maria NIJS (71), Dessel, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Cornelia Zevenhuizen (0), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Antonia Idzerda (Idserda) (28), Akkrum
• Aagje Breets (59), Wateringen

• 1858 » Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand painter and educator († 1941)
• 1858 » Lovis Corinth, German painter († 1925)
• 1858 » Maria Christina of Austria († 1929)
• 1863 » C. Aubrey Smith, English-American cricketer and actor († 1948)
• 1866 » Carlos Schwabe, Swiss Symbolist painter and printmaker († 1926)
• 1870 » Emil Orlík, Czech painter, etcher, and lithographer († 1932)
• 1875 » Charles Gondouin, French rugby player and tug of war competitor († 1947)
• 1880 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak astronomer, general, and politician († 1919)
• 1882 » David Burliuk, Ukrainian author and illustrator († 1967)
• 1885 » Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter († 1948)

• 1793 » Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, French admiral, explorer, and politician (b. 1739)
• 1796 » Robert Burns, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1759)
• 1798 » Anthony Perry, Irish rebel leader (b. ca. 1760)
• 1798 » François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal (b. 1733)
• 1868 » William Bland, Australian surgeon and politician (b. 1789)
• 1878 » Sam Bass, American outlaw (b. 1851)
• 1880 » Hiram Walden, American general and politician (b. 1800)
• 1889 » Nelson Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1833)
• 1920 » Fiammetta Wilson, English astronomer and educator (b. 1864)

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.
• February 10 » American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina.
• March 8 » American Civil War: The Naval Battle of Hampton Roads begins.
• 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.
• August 17 » American Civil War: Major General J. E. B. Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
• September 1 » American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly: Confederate Army troops defeat a group of retreating Union Army troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
• September 5 » American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia crosses the Potomac River at White's Ford in the Maryland Campaign.

The temperature on July 21, 1862 was about 19.0 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.