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• Aaltje Haak, Sluipwijk
• Adrianus Francuscus Luijten, Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1920)
• Abraham Kroon, Warmenhuizen
• Adrianus Rijkers, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Emma Parmentier, Izegem
• Aaldrik Klok, Muntendam († 1954)
• Adrianus Franciscus Luijten, Baarle-Nassau († 1920)
• Aaltje van ANTWERPEN Jdr, Sommelsdijk, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH († 1863)
• Anna Catharina Maria Gorter, Koog aan de Zaan
• Albertus Jacobsz Vos, Baarn († 1862)

• "Maria Theresia" Constantina von Schlabrendorff (81), Wien, Autriche
• Constantinus Huijgens (51), Clinge, Nederland
• Arent Wormmeesters (81), Eibergen (NL)
• Bartholomeus Theodorus Lublink Weddik Ds (61), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Christina Bierens (68), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• (56), Middelburg (Oost-Vlaanderen)
• Carolus Josephus Depoorter, Esen
• Anna Catharina Gillissen, Blomberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Cornelia van der Meer (75), Barendrecht
• Abigail Esther Blakeslee (39), Tarrifville, Hartford Co, CT

• 1846 » Ignaz Brüll, Austrian pianist and composer († 1907)
• 1851 » Chris von der Ahe, German-American businessman († 1913)
• 1858 » Bipin Chandra Pal, Indian academic and activist († 1932)
• 1860 » Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general and engineer († 1936)
• 1860 » Paul Peel, Canadian painter and academic († 1892)
• 1861 » Jeff Milton, American police officer († 1947)
• 1867 » Marie Curie, Polish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1934)
• 1872 » Leonora Speyer, American poet and violinist († 1956)
• 1872 » Lucille La Verne, American actress († 1945)
• 1876 » Charlie Townsend, English cricketer and lawyer († 1958)

• 1809 » Paul Sandby, English painter and cartographer (b. 1725)
• 1837 » Elijah Parish Lovejoy, American minister and journalist (b. 1809)
• 1862 » Bahadur Shah II, Mughal emperor (b. 1775)
• 1872 » Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician and academic (b. 1833)
• 1881 » John MacHale, Irish archbishop (b. 1791)
• 1906 » Heinrich Seidel, German engineer and poet (b. 1842)
• 1907 » Jesús García, Mexican railroad brakeman (b. 1881)
• 1913 » Alfred Russel Wallace, Welsh-English biologist and geographer (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Henry Ward Ranger, American painter and academic (b. 1858)
• 1919 » Hugo Haase, German lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1863)

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. Mary
16. Elizabeth

• 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.
• May 12 » American Civil War: U.S. federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• June 1 » American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: The Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
• July 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Malvern Hill takes place. It is the last of the Seven Days Battles, part of George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.
• 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.
• September 13 » American Civil War: Union soldiers find a copy of Robert E. Lee's battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland. It is the prelude to the Battle of Antietam.
• November 7 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside was assigned to command the Army of the Potomac in Antietam, Maryland. After Union General George B. McClellan refused to pursue Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia after their retreat from the Battle of Antietam.

The temperature on November 7, 1862 was about 9.1 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.