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• Albert Raven, Smilde
• Anna Maria Margaretha Angeneind, Utrecht
• Abraham Cornelis Burgdorffer, Kampen, Ov, Nederland
• Alphonsus Eeman, Boschkapelle, Zeeland, The Netherlands († 1939)
• Amelia Sophia van Leeuwe, Heyle, Zeeland, Nederland († 1880)
• Antonia Segeren, Made, Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1941)
• Antje* Bruin, Den Burg († 1929)
• Antonetta van Zantvoort, Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1930)
• Adriana van Vliet, Deil († 1886)
• Aaltje van der Linde, Dreischor, Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1863)

• Adélaïde Tourteau d'Orvilliers (71)
• Auke Aukes Posthuma Drenth (31), Beetsterzwaag, gem. Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anthonij Moeliker (67), brouwershaven (zeeland)
• Alida ten Dam (0), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Freken (3), Den Haag
• Anthonie Marinusse Moeliker (67), Brouwershaven
• August Rose (0), Hengelo
• Alida ten Dam (0), Hengelo, nr. 73
• Verheyen Petronella (73), Rijkevorsel, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Helwig (70), Rotterdam

• 1857 » Helena Westermarck, Finnish artist and writer († 1938)
• 1858 » Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author and educator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1940)
• 1860 » José Figueroa Alcorta, President of Argentina, († 1931)
• 1861 » Camillo Laurenti, Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church († 1938)
• 1862 » Edvard Westermarck, Finnish philosopher and sociologist († 1939)
• 1862 » Georges Palante, French philosopher and sociologist († 1925)
• 1864 » Percy Cox, British Indian Army officer († 1937)
• 1866 » Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American lawyer and judge († 1944)
• 1866 » Maria Letizia Bonaparte, daughter of Prince Napoléon Bonaparte († 1926)
• 1867 » Patrick Joseph Hayes, American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church († 1938)

• 1824 » Carl Axel Arrhenius, Swedish chemist (b. 1757)
• 1856 » Farkas Bolyai, Romanian-Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1775)
• 1864 » Albert Newsam, American painter and illustrator (b. 1809)
• 1866 » Otto Karl Berg, German botanist and pharmacist (b. 1815)
• 1880 » Léon Cogniet, French painter (b. 1794)
• 1882 » Henry Draper, American doctor and astronomer (b. 1837)
• 1886 » William Bliss Baker, American painter (b. 1859)
• 1894 » Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1829)
• 1898 » Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, English engineer (b. 1817)
• 1903 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat, French race car driver (b. 1867)

• 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.
• January 31 » Alvan Graham Clark discovers the white dwarf star Sirius B, a companion of Sirius, through an 18.5-inch (47cm) telescope now located at Northwestern University.
• February 21 » American Civil War: Battle of Valverde is fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.
• March 28 » American Civil War: In the Battle of Glorieta Pass, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of the New Mexico Territory. The battle began on March 26.
• July 4 » Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels.
• July 23 » American Civil War: Henry Halleck takes command of the Union Army.
• November 28 » American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates.

The temperature on November 20, 1862 was about -0.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.