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• Anastasia Opsommer, Aalbeke (W-VL) België
• anthonie thomas KORPORAAL, oud-beijerland († 1862)
• Antje ten Berge, Weststellingwerf, Steggerda, FR, Nederland († 1864)
• Antje Zuidmulder, Terschelling († 1941)
• Anna Pauline Herberger, Amherst, Erie, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1931)
• Anna Catharina Hubertina (Lodeur) Ladeur, Hoensbroek
• Aafke Jansen, Tjamsweer (Appingedam) († 1914)
• Alphonsius Maria Lambertus Mutsaers, Tilburg (Tilburg) (Noord-Brabant) († 1918)
• Troostheide, Zuid-Scharwoude († 1941)
• Antje Zuidmulder, Terschelling, Friesland, Nederland († 1941)

• Aaltje Snel (76), Oudewater, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bastiaan Rijsdijk (0), Heerjansdam
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Vendrig (0), Montfoort
• Charles Alphonse Antoine Daenen (0), Venlo
• Cornelia van Eijkeren (33), Heinkensand, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Maria JANS (32), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Anthonina Dobbelaar (41), Axel
• Antonia van Hoorn (66), Den Dungen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna KAPPELHOF (34), Delfzijl
• Cornelia van Eijkeren (32), Heinkenszand

• 1861 » Prafulla Chandra Ray, Indian chemist and academic († 1944)
• 1865 » Irving Babbitt, American academic and critic († 1933)
• 1865 » John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist († 1955)
• 1867 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer († 1900)
• 1868 » Constantine I of Greece († 1923)
• 1870 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist († 1954)
• 1871 » John French Sloan, American painter and illustrator († 1951)
• 1872 » George E. Stewart, Australian-American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient († 1946)
• 1876 » Pingali Venkayya, Indian geologist, designed the Flag of India († 1963)
• 1877 » Ravishankar Shukla, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh († 1956)

• 1823 » Lazare Carnot, French mathematician, general, and politician, President of the National Convention (b. 1753)
• 1834 » Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist (b. 1793)
• 1849 » Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Ottoman Albanian commander (b. 1769)
• 1854 » Heinrich Clauren, German author (b. 1771)
• 1859 » Horace Mann, American educator and politician (b. 1796)
• 1876 » "Wild Bill" Hickok, American sheriff (b. 1837)
• 1889 » Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
• 1890 » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)

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.
• April 20 » Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the experiment disproving the theory of spontaneous generation.
• April 29 » American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut.
• July 12 » The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
• November 5 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.
• December 12 » American Civil War: USSCairo sinks on the Yazoo River.
• December 26 » Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USSRed Rover are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship.

The temperature on August 2, 1862 was about 27.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%.