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• Aaltje Mulder, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands († 1897)
• Adelaide-Emma De Pauw, Denderhoutem († 1942)
• Andries de Kamps, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Alida Margaretha Petronella Maria Beenakker, Leiden
• Antje Klein, Groningen († 1931)
• Antje Toppers, Amsterdam († 1939)
• Arend Sierat, Leiden († 1867)
• Arend Sieraat Sierat, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1867)
• Anna Geertruida van Ruijven, Rijswijk,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland († 1881)
• Alberdina Harmsdr Lulf, De Loo, Gemeente Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1944)

• Adrianus Wilhelmus Verkerk (75), Ochten
• Archibald M. Brown (93), Concord, Nicholas, Kentucky, United States
• Abel Barnhill (57), Arkansas, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Hammer (3), Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Adriaan van Genderen (64), Spijkenisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Nijhof (72)
• Aaltje van Steenes (60), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Poot (3), Vlaardingen
• Agnita van der Laan (0), Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Simon Buis (37), Wieringen

• 1849 » Mary E. Byrd, American astronomer and educator († 1934)
• 1852 » Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler († 1892)
• 1859 » Christopher Hornsrud, Norwegian businessman and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Norway († 1960)
• 1862 » Gerhart Hauptmann, German novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1946)
• 1865 » John Earle, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Tasmania († 1932)
• 1867 » Emil Krebs, German polyglot († 1930)
• 1868 » Emil Racoviță, Romanian biologist, zoologist, and explorer († 1947)
• 1873 » Sara Josephine Baker, American physician and academic († 1945)
• 1874 » August Krogh, Danish zoologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1949)
• 1874 » Dimitrios Golemis, Greek runner († 1941)

• 1832 » Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist and businessman (b. 1767)
• 1845 » William Knibb, English Baptist minister and Jamaican missionary (b. 1803)
• 1853 » Maria II, Portuguese queen and regent (b. 1819)
• 1892 » Thomas Neill Cream, Scottish-Canadian serial killer (b. 1850)
• 1897 » Alfred Kennerley, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Cixi, China empress dowager and regent (b. 1835)
• 1910 » Wilhelm Raabe, German author (b. 1831)
• 1916 » Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
• 1917 » Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1919 » Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Polish-Russian engineer, electrician, and inventor (b. 1862)

• 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.
• 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.
• April 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins: In Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.
• 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.
• September 14 » American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.
• December 17 » American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from parts of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.
• December 26 » Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USSRed Rover are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship.

The temperature on November 15, 1862 was about 7.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.