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• Abraham Houterman, Meliskerke († 1904)
• Abraham Antonius Meijer, Monster († 1936)
• Abraham Anthonius Meijer, Monster († 1936)
• Aleida Harmine Stegemans, Ambt Ommen († 1918)
• Adriana Cohen, Dordrecht († 1942)
• Adriana VAN HOUWELINGEN, Giessendam († 1862)
• Abraham Anthonius Meijer, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1936)
• * Henricus van Mierlo, Helmond († 1949)
• Adriana Vollebregt, Bleiswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1863)
• Verdoold († 1862)

• Aaltje IJntsesd de Groot (29), Katlijk, schoterland.fr.nld
• Aaltje Fokkes Kram (81), Scheemda
• Adrianus Antonius Cock (26), Den Dungen
• Heijstek (0), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amélia (Angelica) JOSEPH (34), Couckelare, West Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Aldert de Boois (43), Groningen
• Anneke Vissers (59), Driel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertien Euving (34), Sleen
• Angelique Simons (80), Overwinden
• Anna Theresia Cottrij (83), Veurne

• 1848 » Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author († 1925)
• 1849 » Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia († 1920)
• 1850 » Seth Low, American academic and politician, 92nd Mayor of New York City († 1916)
• 1853 » Marthinus Nikolaas Ras, South African farmer, soldier, and gun-maker († 1900)
• 1854 » Thomas A. Watson, American assistant to Alexander Graham Bell († 1934)
• 1856 » Daniel Hale Williams, American surgeon and cardiologist († 1931)
• 1867 » Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat († 1916)
• 1868 » Kantarō Suzuki, Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan († 1948)
• 1877 » Sam Zemurray, Russian-American businessman, founded the Cuyamel Fruit Company († 1961)
• 1879 » Henri Giraud, French general and politician († 1949)

• 1803 » Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet and academic (b. 1743)
• 1849 » Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (b. 1752)
• 1862 » John Tyler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)
• 1873 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1788)
• 1886 » Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
• 1892 » Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » Wallace Reid, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1936 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)

• 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 16 » American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law.
• May 20 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law, opening 84million acres of public land to settlers.
• August 5 » American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge: Along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats.
• 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 15 » American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia (present-day Harpers Ferry, West Virginia).
• October 8 » American Civil War: The Confederate invasion of Kentucky is halted at the Battle of Perryville.

The temperature on January 18, 1862 was about -9.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.