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• Aaltje Kreuzen, Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland († 1888)
• Adriana Catharina van der Knaap, Naaldwijk, Nederland († 1912)
• Anna Maria Tesson, Amersfoort († 1863)
• Alice Fleming McClintock
• Aaltien Davidsd. Kogger, Meppel (DR Nederland) († 1932)
• Anna Catharina ter Maat, Amsterdam
• Anna Veskes, Amersfoort († 1897)
• Aleida Bennis, Velp gem. Rheden Gld. NL († 1868)
• Andina Evertsen, Harderwijk
• Adèle Roline Josephina Louise Keiser, Batavia

• Alida Gerdina Vogelwede (3), Haarlem
• Anastasia VERHELST (67), Moorslede, 36012, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Berend Hendrik Wortman (80), Gaasterland
• Arnoldus Johannes Schuuring (24), Arnhem
• Andries Bernhardus du Toit (67), Plaas / Farm "Vlakfontein"", Fauresmith, Free State, South Africa
• Van Sas Elisabeth (78), Baarle-Hertog, Antwerpen, België
• Albert Koster (74), Berkhout
• Bouwe Annes Rypkema (3), Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Eva Pfaff (77), Arborn, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany
• Lucia Van den Bergh (63), Wouw

• 1858 » Alfred Capus, French journalist, author, and playwright († 1922)
• 1862 » Ethelbert Nevin, American pianist and composer († 1901)
• 1862 » Gustaf Söderström, Swedish tug of war competitor, shot putter, and discus thrower († 1958)
• 1865 » Kate Gleason, American engineer, businesswoman, and philanthropist († 1933)
• 1867 » Talaat Harb, Egyptian economist, founded the Banque Misr († 1941)
• 1868 » Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse († 1937)
• 1869 » Ben Lindsey, American lawyer and judge († 1934)
• 1870 » Maurice Denis, French painter of Les Nabis movement († 1943)
• 1870 » Winthrop Ames, American director, producer, and playwright († 1937)
• 1872 » Robert Maysack, American gymnast and triathlete († 1960)

• 1785 » Richard Glover, English poet and politician (b. 1712)
• 1865 » Heinrich Barth, German explorer and scholar (b. 1821)
• 1884 » Hermann Kolbe, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1885 » Alfonso XII of Spain (b. 1857)
• 1885 » Thomas A. Hendricks, American lawyer and politician, 21st Vice President of the United States (b. 1819)
• 1909 » Edward P. Allen, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1920 » Gaston Chevrolet, French-American race car driver and businessman (b. 1892)
• 1925 » Vajiravudh, Siam king (b. 1880)
• 1934 » N. E. Brown, English plant taxonomist and authority on succulents (b. 1849)
• 1944 » Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American lawyer and judge (b. 1866)

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.
• 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.
• May 5 » Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.
• May 20 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law, opening 84million acres of public land to settlers.
• July 15 » The CSS Arkansas, the most effective ironclad on the Mississippi River, battles with Union ships commanded by Admiral David Farragut, severely damaging three ships and sustaining heavy damage herself. The encounter changed the complexion of warfare on the Mississippi and helped to reverse Rebel fortunes on the river in the summer of 1862.
• September 22 » A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released by Abraham Lincoln.
• December 31 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln signs an act that admits West Virginia to the Union, thus dividing Virginia in two.

The temperature on November 25, 1862 was about -1.1 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.