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• Aaltje Harmens Tangenbergh, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1867)
• Adrianus Vuijk Noorland, Streefkerk
• Aaltje Hoogland, Beverwijk († 1870)
• Adrianus Vuijk Noorland, Streefkerk († 1864)
• Allegonda Anna (Petronella Huberdina) Michael, Bladel en Netersel († 1920)
• Adriana Bakker, Zuid-Scharwoude, Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Aagje Trouwborst, Moordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• Adrianus Hol, Leeuwen († 1936)
• Alphonse Foutrel, Tienen, België
• Aaron Krouse Kulp, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1924)

• Ane Wytzes Veersma (48), Warns
• Angenita Bac (4), Voorschoten
• Adriaan de Kouter (58), Goes
• Aalbert Verheij (60), Scheveningen
• Anna Catharina Cornelia Salu (48), Mechelen
• Alida verhoeff (42), Amsterdam
• Adriana van Elderen (68), Oirschot, Nederland
• Valk, assendeft
• Abraham van Eerden (3), Delft,-
• Albert Keur (2), Blokzijl

• 1853 » Bat Masterson, American police officer and journalist († 1921)
• 1857 » Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author († 1913)
• 1858 » Katharine Drexel, American nun and saint († 1955)
• 1864 » Edward Higgins, English 3rd General of the Salvation Army († 1947)
• 1869 » Maud of Wales († 1938)
• 1870 » Sir Hari Singh Gour, founder and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sagar († 1949)
• 1873 » Fred Herd, Scottish golfer († 1954)
• 1876 » Willis Carrier, American engineer, invented air conditioning († 1950)
• 1878 » Major Taylor, American cyclist († 1932)
• 1885 » Heinrich Brüning, German lieutenant, economist, and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1970)

• 1836 » John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer (b. 1756)
• 1851 » Jean-de-Dieu Soult, French general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of France (b. 1769)
• 1855 » Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1798)
• 1857 » Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet and author (b. 1788)
• 1860 » Benjamin Greene, English brewer, founded Greene King (b. 1780)
• 1872 » Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (b. 1788)
• 1882 » Otto Theodor von Manteuffel, Prussian lawyer and politician, Minister President of Prussia (b. 1805)
• 1883 » Sojourner Truth, American activist (b. 1797)
• 1885 » Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist and physicist (b. 1813)
• 1892 » Charles Lavigerie, French cardinal and academic (b. 1825)

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.
• March 7 » American Civil War: Union forces engage Confederate troops at the Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas.
• April 16 » American Civil War: Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia.
• June 19 » The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford.
• July 12 » The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
• August 5 » American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge: Along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats.
• December 1 » In his State of the Union Address President Abraham Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation.

The temperature on November 26, 1862 was about 1.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.