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• Adrianus Nijman, Castricum NH NL
• Albert Victor Duke Of Clarence And Avondale Saxe Coburg Gotha, Frogmore House, Berkshire, England († 1892)
• Adriana Johanna Janknegt, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1867)
• Adrianus Martinus Adrianus Verbij, Schiedam, Nederland
• AGNES BOLZ, Weiden
• Aloijsius Franciscus Mommers, Tilburg († 1911)
• Adriana Verhoeven, De Werken en Sleeuwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1942)
• Abraham Petrus Rootman, Lever Rivier, Montagu, Kaapprovincie, R.S.A. († 1943)
• Adrianus Vleeskens, Stoppeldijk, Zeeland, Nederland († 1885)
• Antje BAKKER, Hoogwoud

• Antonie Lankhaar (42), Genderen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Theunissen (87), Mheer (Banholt)
• Aaltje van der Giesen (2), numansdorp (zuid holland)
• Adelaide Joseph HARDUIN (67), Bellenglise,02420,Aisne,Picardie,FRANCE
• ?? Oskam (0), (UT) Linschoten
• Anne Pieters Heistra (0), Pingjum, Wonseradeel
• Albert Veenstra (0), Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Mets (76), Hilversum, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Aafke Jakobs Doornbos (34), Leens, Wehe
• Anne STAS (54), Awans,4340,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE

• 1852 » James Milton Carroll, American pastor and author († 1931)
• 1854 » Fanny Bullock Workman, American mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer († 1925)
• 1860 » Emma Booth, English author († 1903)
• 1862 » Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company († 1934)
• 1864 » Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale († 1892)
• 1865 » Winnaretta Singer, American philanthropist († 1943)
• 1866 » William G. Conley, American educator and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia († 1940)
• 1867 » Emily Greene Balch, American economist and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1961)
• 1870 » Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain († 1930)
• 1871 » James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish captain and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland († 1940)

• 1853 » Mihály Bertalanits, Slovene-Hungarian poet and educator (b. 1788)
• 1854 » William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English field marshal and politician, Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance (b. 1768)
• 1865 » Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1779)
• 1874 » Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French historian and archaeologist (b. 1814)
• 1878 » Gauchito Gil, Argentinian saint (b. 1847)
• 1878 » Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1821)
• 1880 » Emperor Norton, English-American businessman (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Miska Magyarics, Slovene-Hungarian poet (b. 1825)
• 1896 » Paul Verlaine, French poet and writer (b. 1844)
• 1896 » William Rainey Marshall, American banker and politician, 5th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)

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 28 » American Civil War: In the Battle of Glorieta Pass, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of the New Mexico Territory. The battle began on March 26.
• April 16 » American Civil War: Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia.
• April 29 » American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut.
• June 5 » As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
• July 1 » The Russian State Library is founded as the Library of the Moscow Public Museum.

The temperature on January 8, 1862 was about 3.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.