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• Anna Maria Alijda Gerlag, Dreumel († 1921)
• Antje Jans van der Veen, Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands († 1942)
• Alice Stover Harley
• Albert Jackson "Jack" Barbee, North Carolina († 1927)
• Anna Maria Giggins, Tomago, New South Wales, Australia († 1942)
• Adriaan Dirk Hoek, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1865)
• Amelia Lode, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie († 1900)
• Aagje Teeuw, Sliedrecht († 1933)
• Agatha van Amsterdam, Zoeterwoude († 1862)
• Aagje Teeuw, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1933)

• Albertus (Aalbert, Bart) van der Maat (54), IJsselstein, Provincie Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonie Perik, Bornerbroek, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonius (Antoonie) Perik (64), Bornerbroek, gem. Borne
• Adrianus Hendrikus van der Zandt (1), Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Stoffels De Jong (64), Egmond aan Zee, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Amelia Hendriks Bos (0), Vries, Drenthe, Netherlands(Oudemolen)
• Antonie PEERIK, Borne, Nederland, Overijssel, Bornerbroek
• Antje Gielen (34), Hilversum 6
• Abraham Westers (0), Nieuwe Pekela (Groningen)
• Antonie Perik (64), Bornerbroek

• 1849 » John Hartley, English tennis player († 1935)
• 1854 » Lady Randolph Churchill, American-born wife of Lord Randolph Churchill, mother of Sir Winston Churchill († 1921)
• 1856 » Anton Aškerc, Slovenian priest and poet († 1912)
• 1859 » Carrie Chapman Catt, American activist, founded the League of Women Voters and International Alliance of Women († 1947)
• 1864 » Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist († 1926)
• 1868 » S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist and academic († 1939)
• 1870 » Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co-designed the Golden Gate Bridge († 1938)
• 1873 » Hayim Nahman Bialik, Ukrainian-Austrian journalist, author, and poet († 1934)
• 1873 » John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower († 1938)
• 1873 » Thomas Curtis, American sprinter and hurdler († 1944)

• 1843 » William Hedley, English engineer (b. 1773)
• 1848 » Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer (b. 1750)
• 1856 » Neophytos Vamvas, Greek cleric and educator (b. 1770)
• 1858 » Anson Jones, American physician and politician; 4th President of the Republic of Texas (b. 1798)
• 1873 » Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France (b. 1808)
• 1876 » Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist (b. 1801)
• 1878 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (b. 1820)
• 1895 » Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American-English businessman (b. 1812)
• 1901 » Richard Copley Christie, English lawyer and academic (b. 1830)
• 1908 » Wilhelm Busch, German poet, illustrator, and painter (b. 1832)

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.
• June 8 » American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys: Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George B. McClellan.
• June 9 » American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson concludes his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic; his tactics during the campaign are now studied by militaries around the world.
• July 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Malvern Hill takes place. It is the last of the Seven Days Battles, part of George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.
• July 1 » The Russian State Library is founded as the Library of the Moscow Public Museum.
• September 4 » American Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
• December 12 » American Civil War: USSCairo sinks on the Yazoo River.

The temperature on January 9, 1862 was about 8.2 °C. There was 14 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.