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• Aaltje SCHUT, Broek (Eenrum) Groningen Netherlands († 1939)
• Antje Eelman, Wieringen
• Annete Cornelia Vettewinkel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Aaltje van der Lugt, Kleef, Dld / Hau, Dld († 1937)
• Annonette Cornelia Vettewinkel, Amsterdam († 1944)
• Adrianus Dionysius van Rooij, Tilburg
• Albertus van Dorssen, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Timmerman, Itterbeck, Niedersachsen, Duitsland († 1890)
• ? BATTJES, Siddeburen († 1862)
• Adrianus Dionijsius van Rooij, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1935)

• Baartje Arisdr. Zuijderduijn (91), Katwijk aan Zee, ZH, Nederland
• Christiaan van Peski (57), Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands
• Arend Jan Gerrits (66), Oele (Hengelo Ov.)
• Adriana Paulina Korstanje (44), Krabbendijke, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Van Helmont (34), Waalwijk
• Aaltje Cornelisd van Rossen (64), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christiaan Gerrit Maat (4), Dedemsvaart
• Anna Maria HOSPERS (74), Wedderweide (Wedde), Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Paulina Korstanje (44), Krabbendijke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Jonkman (38), De Huizen, Hoogeveen

• 1850 » Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist († 1930)
• 1852 » Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1919)
• 1858 » Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist († 1935)
• 1859 » Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel († 1935)
• 1863 » Edward Bok, Dutch-American journalist and author († 1930)
• 1864 » Reginald Dyer, British brigadier general († 1927)
• 1871 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop († 1940)
• 1873 » Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist and educator († 1944)
• 1873 » Charles Rudolph Walgreen, American pharmacist and businessman, founded Walgreens († 1939)
• 1873 » Karl Schwarzschild, German physicist and astronomer († 1916)

• 1793 » Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, French missionary and linguist (b. 1718)
• 1797 » Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and scholar (b. 1720)
• 1806 » Benjamin Banneker, American astronomer and surveyor (b. 1731)
• 1808 » John Claiborne, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1831 » Ioannis Kapodistrias, Russian-Greek lawyer and politician, Governor of Greece (b. 1776)
• 1873 » George Ormerod, English historian and author (b. 1785)
• 1897 » Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Jack Daniel, American businessman, founded Jack Daniel's (b. 1849)
• 1924 » Valery Bryusov, Russian author, poet, and critic (b. 1873)

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.
• February 21 » American Civil War: Battle of Valverde is fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.
• April 20 » Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the experiment disproving the theory of spontaneous generation.
• 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.
• 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 23 » American Civil War: Henry Halleck takes command of the Union Army.
• November 9 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan is removed.

The temperature on October 9, 1862 was about 17.2 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.