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• Aaltje Dykstra († 1867)
• Aaktje Bos, Holwierde, Bierum, Groningen, Nederland († 1945)
• Ana Oliveira, Cabreúva, São Paulo, Brasil
• Adèle Catherine QUIDORT, Bavans, 25550, Doubs, Franche-Comté, FRANCE († 1920)
• Allegonda van Giersbergen, Oudheusden en Elshout
• Albertus Adrianus Heuff, Zoelen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1932)
• Alida Maria CARTON, Leiden, ZH. NL († 1889)
• Amanda E Todd, Nodaway, Nodaway, Missouri, United States († 1910)
• Alphonsus Alexius VAN HUYSSE, Oostende, 35013, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1886)
• Anna Maria de Kort, Den Bosch († 1866)

• Annetje Hordijk (59), Rhoon (Gem Albrandswaard), Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Abraham Pierre Francois De Seijff, Salatiga, Java, Ned. Indie
• Annaatje Gomes (37), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Rings (52), Jan Gijzenvaart, Velsen
• Anna Berendsen (Berntzen) (69), Didam
• (85), Driebergen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Talen (0), luinjeberd
• "Karl" Theodor Melchior Antonello von Hornstein (60), Schloss Grüningen Riedlingen, Allemagne
• Adrianus Franciscus De Ceuster (72), Oevel, 2260, België
• Anna Berndsen (68), Didam, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1852 » Constantin Fehrenbach, German lawyer and politician, 4th Chancellor of Weimar Germany († 1926)
• 1853 » Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter and sculptor († 1932)
• 1856 » Christian Sinding, Norwegian pianist and composer († 1941)
• 1857 » Fred Archer, English jockey († 1886)
• 1858 » Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-English businessman, founded Selfridges († 1947)
• 1859 » George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, English politician, 35th Governor-General of India († 1925)
• 1864 » Thomas Dixon, Jr., American minister, lawyer, and politician († 1946)
• 1867 » Edward B. Titchener, English psychologist and academic († 1927)
• 1868 » Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician († 1940)
• 1870 » Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor and educator († 1945)

• 1824 » Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (b. 1736)
• 1836 » John Molson, Canadian businessman, founded the Molson Brewing Company (b. 1763)
• 1843 » Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and songwriter (b. 1779)
• 1866 » Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, Irish actor (b. 1818)
• 1866 » John Woolley, English minister and academic (b. 1816)
• 1867 » Stuart Donaldson, English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1812)
• 1882 » Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (b. 1810)
• 1891 » Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French urban planner (b. 1809)
• 1902 » Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player (b. 1862)
• 1904 » William Sawyer, Canadian merchant and politician (b. 1815)

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 6 » American Civil War: Forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote give the Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee in the Battle of Fort Henry.
• September 13 » American Civil War: Union soldiers find a copy of Robert E. Lee's battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland. It is the prelude to the Battle of Antietam.
• 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.
• November 9 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan is removed.
• December 1 » In his State of the Union Address President Abraham Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation.

The temperature on January 11, 1862 was about 10.4 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.