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• Antonius Pelders, Drunen, Nederland
• Adriana van den Ende, 's-Gravenzande,Zuid-Holland,Nederland († 1865)
• Alphonsius Asselman, Graauw en Langendam, Hulst, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1945)
• Andries van Oosten, Zwartsluis, Nederland († 1894)
• Antonius Vrijhoeven, Drunen
• Adriana van Tussenbroek, Ophemert († 1936)
• Agnita van der Laan, Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1862)
• Adriana van der Ende, 's-Gravenzande († 1865)
• Anne BAKKER, Barradeel Friesland Netherlands († 1947)
• Adriana van den Ende, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1865)

• Cornelis Gomes (0), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Theresia Van Besien (50), Torhout,8820,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Anna Maria Helena Kleene (66), Neudersum
• Cornelis den Ouden (22), Nieuw-Lekkerland
• Antonius van Drunen (75), Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Barbara Antheunis (1), Heldergem
• Alltje Jans Stark (0), Texel, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Gevers (75), Mol, België
• Aafke Jans OMGES (84), 't Zand, Loppersum, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaan van de Velde (0), Krabbendijke, ZL, NL

• 1848 » Boston Custer, American soldier († 1876)
• 1849 » Marie Louise Andrews, American story writer and journalist († 1891)
• 1851 » Louise of Sweden († 1926)
• 1856 » Charles Leroux, American balloonist and skydiver († 1889)
• 1858 » Saint Geevarghese Mar Dionysius of Vattasseril, Indian Orthodox Saint († 1934)
• 1860 » Andrew Volstead, American politician († 1947)
• 1860 » Juliette Gordon Low, American scout leader, founded the Girl Scouts of the United States of America († 1927)
• 1868 » John Weir Troy, American journalist, and politician, 5th Governor of the Territory of Alaska († 1942)
• 1875 » Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher († 1954)
• 1875 » Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer, freedom fighter and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India († 1950)

• 1806 » Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese artist and printmaker (b. ca. 1753)
• 1860 » Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Scottish-English admiral and politician (b. 1775)
• 1869 » Charles A. Wickliffe, American politician, 14th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1788)
• 1879 » Jacob Abbott, American author and academic (b. 1803)
• 1879 » Joseph Hooker, American general (b. 1814)
• 1884 » Marie Bashkirtseff, Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1858)
• 1905 » Bryan O'Loghlen, Irish-Australian politician, 13th Premier of Victoria (b. 1828)
• 1913 » William Evans-Gordon, English soldier and politician (b. 1857)
• 1916 » Charles Taze Russell, American minister (b. 1852)
• 1916 » Huang Xing, Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman (b. 1874)

• 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 8 » American Civil War: The Naval Battle of Hampton Roads begins.
• March 13 » The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves was passed by the United States Congress, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
• 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 16 » American Civil War: David Farragut is promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank.
• July 18 » First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.

The temperature on October 31, 1862 was about 13.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.