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• Albert Bontekoe, Dokkum († 1937)
• Alexis Joannes Remeijsen, Baarle-Nassau
• * Maria (Mieke) Heuvelmans, Riethoven († 1936)
• Anne Kuis, Schagen († 1937)
• Abraham Alberto Senior Tavares, Barranquilla, Atlantico, Colombia († 1884)
• Alexis Joannes Remeijsen, Baarle-Nassau († 1941)
• Andrew Jackson Harris JR, Illinois († 1949)
• Aaltje Tiecken, Westervoort († 1953)
• adriaantje jaapje DEKKER, rhoon
• Anna Kuijs (Kuis), Schagen

• Benjamina Mulder (70), Leiden
• Celestine Maria Strous (2), Utrecht, Nederland
• Anne Maria Krabbe (72), Weerselo(Ov)
• Alexander Campbell of Barnhill, Sheriff-Substitute of Renfrew (86), Dumbarton, Dumbartonshire, Scotland
• Aagje Jandr Heinis (32), Zuid-Noord Schermer
• Adrianus van Buuren (36), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Willemina Maria Werther (0), Sprang-Capelle
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Doms (76), Hoogstraten, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• Anna Elisabeth Doms (75), Hoogstraten, 2320, Antwerpen, Belgium
• (58), Lith-Oijen, Nordbrabant, Niederlande

• 1847 » Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany († 1934)
• 1851 » Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal and theorist († 1929)
• 1852 » William Ramsay, Scottish-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1916)
• 1854 » Patrick Geddes, Scottish biologist, sociologist, geographer, and philanthropist († 1932)
• 1869 » Mahatma Gandhi, Indian freedom fighter, activist and philosopher († 1948)
• 1871 » Cordell Hull, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1871 » Martha Brookes Hutcheson, American landscaper and author († 1959)
• 1873 » Pelham Warner, English cricketer and manager († 1963)
• 1873 » Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American lawyer and politician († 1924)
• 1875 » Pattie Ruffner Jacobs, American suffragist († 1935)

• 1782 » Charles Lee, English-born American general (b. 1732)
• 1786 » Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician (b. 1725)
• 1803 » Samuel Adams, American philosopher and politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1722)
• 1804 » Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French engineer (b. 1725)
• 1850 » Sarah Biffen, English painter (b. 1784)
• 1853 » François Arago, French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (b. 1786)
• 1920 » Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
• 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)

• 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 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.
• April 16 » American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law.
• May 13 » The USSPlanter, a steamer and gunship, steals through Confederate lines and is passed to the Union, by a southern slave, Robert Smalls, who later was officially appointed as captain, becoming the first black man to command a United States ship.
• July 12 » The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
• December 12 » American Civil War: USSCairo sinks on the Yazoo River.
• December 13 » American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats Union Major General Ambrose Burnside.

The temperature on October 2, 1862 was about 10.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.