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• Annetjen Zuurveld, Hierden († 1932)
• Anthonius Josephus Johannes Kenkel, Breukelen-Nijenrode († 1956)
• Anna Mechtildis Paulussen, Weert
• Anna Reiners, Neuherbrum († 1939)
• Alida Bergkamp, Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1920)
• Adrianus Leonardus Ammerlaan, Hof van Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Anna Maria Josephina Franssen, Gulpen, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Bertels, Geel, België († 1920)
• Adriana Maria Guldemond, Boskoop († 1936)
• Alida Voorwald, Aarlanderveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1862)

• Annigje Aalts van Dijk (85), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Angenis Snel (0), Besthmen
• Arie van Rijs (9), Zegwaart Zoetermeer Zuid-Holland
• Annigje Aalts van Dijk (84), Kampereiland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Annigje Aalts van Dijk (84), Kampereiland, Kampen, Nederland
• ALGOET (0), Tielt,8700,West-Vlaanderen,Wvl, België
• Annagien Dijk, van (85), Kampereiland gem. Kampen Ov. Nederland
• Anna Elisabetha Peeters (37), Langdorp, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Carel Nieuwland (58), Gouda in Raam 73
• Abraham Kroese (60), Amsterdam

• 1854 » Philippe Gaucher, French dermatologist and academic († 1918)
• 1855 » Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist and philosopher († 1936)
• 1856 » George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright and critic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1950)
• 1858 » Tom Garrett, Australian cricketer and lawyer († 1943)
• 1863 » Jāzeps Vītols, Latvian composer († 1948)
• 1865 » Philipp Scheidemann, German journalist and politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany († 1939)
• 1865 » Rajanikanta Sen, Indian poet and composer († 1910)
• 1874 » Serge Koussevitzky, Russian-American bassist, composer, and conductor († 1951)
• 1875 » Antonio Machado, Spanish poet and academic († 1939)
• 1875 » Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist († 1961)

• 1801 » Maximilian Francis, archduke of Austria (b. 1756)
• 1863 » Sam Houston, American general and politician, 7th Governor of Texas (b. 1793)
• 1867 » Otto, king of Greece (b. 1815)
• 1899 » Ulises Heureaux, 22nd, 26th, and 27th President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1845)
• 1915 » James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (b. 1837)
• 1919 » Edward Poynter, English painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1921 » Howard Vernon, Australian actor (b. 1848)
• 1925 » Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1888)
• 1925 » Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1848)
• 1925 » William Jennings Bryan, American lawyer and politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)

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.
• March 9 » American Civil War: USSMonitor and CSSVirginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
• April 16 » American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law.
• April 25 » American Civil War: Forces under U.S. Admiral David Farragut demand the surrender of the Confederate city of New Orleans, Louisiana.
• July 23 » American Civil War: Henry Halleck takes command of the Union Army.
• 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.
• December 12 » American Civil War: USSCairo sinks on the Yazoo River.

The temperature on July 26, 1862 was about 20.0 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.