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• Aaltje Dijkshoorn, Wieringen
• Anna Maria Tjeerds Kooistra, Hardegarijp, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1913)
• adriaan BONS, bleskensgraaf(ZH) († 1912)
• Aldina de Beurs, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1867)
• Anna Maria Clementina Voragen, Wijnandsrade (Beekdalen), Limburg, Nederland († 1944)
• Alida Catharina Naber, leiden († 1952)
• Aletta Wilhelmina Oskam, Jutphaas († 1930)
• Aaltien Scheepstra, Foxwolde (Roden) († 1902)
• (Zoontje) Hemmers, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1862)
• Aldina de Beurs, Den Helder († 1867)

• Antonia Eijsing (57), Mathenesse
• Berend Jan Wegink (51), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bastiaan Zijlmans (0), Raamsdonkveer
• Alida Pieternella Spuijbroek (45), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cecilia Josepha Moke (70), Aartrijke
• Antonie van Gijtenbeek (0), Kesteren, Nederland
• Aleida Hendrina Berendts (19), Doesburg
• Benjamin Daniel Greene (68), Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
• Aleida Berendts (19), Doesburg
• (l.l.) Post (0), Delft

• 1842 » Joe Start, American baseball player and manager († 1927)
• 1844 » John See, English-Australian politician, 14th Premier of New South Wales († 1907)
• 1848 » Byron Edmund Walker, Canadian banker and philanthropist († 1924)
• 1853 » John William Kendrick, American engineer and businessman († 1924)
• 1861 » Julia A. Ames, American journalist, editor, and reformer († 1891)
• 1867 » Masaoka Shiki, Japanese poet, author, and critic († 1902)
• 1869 » Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen, English art dealer († 1939)
• 1871 » Alexander von Zemlinsky, Austrian composer, conductor, and teacher († 1942)
• 1872 » Reginald Doherty, English tennis player († 1910)
• 1882 » Éamon de Valera, American-Irish rebel and politician, 3rd President of Ireland († 1975)

• 1831 » Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer and educator (b. 1761)
• 1911 » John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1833)
• 1923 » Marcellus Emants, Dutch-Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
• 1929 » Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (b. 1844)
• 1930 » Samuel van Houten, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (b. 1837)
• 1942 » Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Sobibór uprising:
• 1944 » Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Émile Sarrade, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1894)

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 16 » Hartley Colliery disaster: Two hundred and four men and boys killed in a mining disaster, prompting a change in UK law which henceforth required all collieries to have at least two independent means of escape.
• June 19 » The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford.
• August 19 » American Indian Wars: During an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way.
• December 26 » Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USSRed Rover are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship.
• December 26 » The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, where 38 Native Americans died.
• December 31 » American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

The temperature on October 14, 1862 was about 18.8 °C. The air pressure was 7.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.