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• Alida NIEUWPOORT, Sliedrecht († 1866)
• BRINKMAN, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1862)
• Aaltje Arends Woudsma, Jislum, Ferwerderadeel
• Andreas Hubertus Schreurs, Horn († 1914)
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Eggenhuizen - Eggenhuisen, Huissen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1941)
• Alice Maude Maud King, Elizabeth Farm, Bedford. East Cape († 1867)
• Abe Jans Heeringa, Bozum, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1908)
• Anna Maria Verstappen, Heijthuijsen († 1953)
• Aaltje Aants Woudsma, Jislum
• Alijda Gijsberta Alijda Gijsbertha Alyda Gijsberta Westerveld, Amersfoort († 1944)

• Anna Heemskerk (22), Ter Aar, Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonij van den Bunt (74), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Schey (83), Vlijmen
• Adrianus VERDONK (0), Driel
• Agatha Gerarda de Bruijn (69), Houten, Prov.Utrecht, Niederlande
• Antje Everts BRUINS (62), Zuidwolde, Bedum
• Adrianus Snoeij (23), Ouderkerk aan den IJssel
• Arie Van Bokkum (45), ALBLASSERDAM
• Anna van der Meijden (61), Dordrecht
• Dekker (0), Ilpendam, Nederland

• 1842 » Emily Dobson, Australian philanthropist († 1934)
• 1858 » Maurice Prendergast, American painter and academic († 1924)
• 1861 » Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, scientist, and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate († 1930)
• 1864 » T. Frank Appleby, American businessman and politician († 1924)
• 1870 » Louise Mack, Australian journalist, author, and poet († 1935)
• 1872 » Dionysios Kasdaglis, Egyptian-Greek tennis player († 1931)
• 1877 » William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors († 1963)
• 1884 » Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter († 1958)
• 1884 » Nikolai Klyuev, Russian poet and author († 1937)
• 1885 » Walter Anderson, Belarusian-German ethnologist and academic († 1962)

• 1827 » Ugo Foscolo, Italian author and poet (b. 1778)
• 1837 » Charles Fourier, French philosopher and academic (b. 1772)
• 1857 » George Washington Parke Custis, American author and playwright (b. 1781)
• 1872 » William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (b. 1801)
• 1875 » Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1817)
• 1876 » Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist and meteorologist (b. 1814)
• 1893 » Lip Pike, American baseball player and manager (b. 1845)
• 1901 » Lorenzo Snow, American religious leader, 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1814)
• 1913 » Adolphus Busch, German-American brewer and businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1839)
• 1913 » Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1848)

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.
• January 30 » The first American ironclad warship, the USSMonitor is launched.
• June 4 » American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.
• August 17 » American Civil War: Major General J. E. B. Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
• September 19 » American Civil War: Union troops under William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by Sterling Price.
• November 5 » American Indian Wars: In Minnesota, 303 Dakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to hang. 38 are ultimately executed and the others reprieved.
• December 17 » American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from parts of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.

The temperature on October 10, 1862 was about 18.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.