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• Anderijntje Brak, (UT) Zegveld († 1864)
• Adriaan van Schouwen, Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albertus Carolus Kuijt, Amsterdam
• Adriaan van Baardwijk, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1945)
• Albertus Johannes BAUMHÖER, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1867)
• Achille Kinart, Tienen
• Adam Palsrok, 's-Gravendeel
• Aaltje Johannes Elzinga, Idsegahuizum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1868)
• Albertina Stoffelina Johanna Hugenholtz, Nieuwediep
• Ana Maria Lisboa

• Arend van Ommen (1), Gemeente Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arent Leentfaar (72), Pernis
• (40), Schoonoord (Sleen)
• Anna VANHEES (75), Kleine-Spouwen, 3740, Bilzen-Hoeselt, Limburg, België
• Bruinis (Breunis) Dirksz Velthuizen (54)
• Adrianus Verhuijsen, Erp, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arend Cornelisz Leentfaar (72), Pernis
• Aafje Heijkoop (0), Leiderdorp
• Agatha Pa(a)nen (80), Oud en Nieuw Gastel,Halderberge,Noord Brabant,Nederland
• Arend Leentfaar (72), Pernis

• 1840 » William Giblin, Australian politician, 13th Premier of Tasmania († 1887)
• 1853 » Anna Bayerová, Czech physician († 1924)
• 1862 » Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor and director († 1932)
• 1868 » La Belle Otero, Spanish actress, singer, and dancer († 1965)
• 1873 » Kyōka Izumi, Japanese author, poet, and playwright († 1939)
• 1874 » Charles Despiau, French sculptor († 1946)
• 1879 » Will Rogers, American actor and screenwriter († 1935)
• 1883 » Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician 135th Prime Minister of Greece († 1953)
• 1884 » Harry Ferguson, Irish engineer, invented the tractor († 1960)
• 1887 » Alfred Lee Loomis, American physicist and philanthropist († 1975)

• 1801 » William Shippen, American physician and anatomist (b. 1712)
• 1847 » Felix Mendelssohn, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1809)
• 1847 » Thiệu Trị, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1807)
• 1856 » Paul Delaroche, French painter and educator (b. 1797)
• 1886 » James Martin, Irish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1820)
• 1893 » Pierre Tirard, Swiss-French engineer and politician, 54th Prime Minister of France (b. 1827)
• 1895 » Eugene Field, American journalist, author, and poet (b. 1850)
• 1906 » John H. Ketcham, American general and politician (b. 1832)
• 1918 » Wilfred Owen, English lieutenant and poet (b. 1893)
• 1921 » Hara Takashi, Japanese politician, 10th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1856)

• 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 8 » American Civil War: The Naval Battle of Hampton Roads begins.
• March 9 » American Civil War: USSMonitor and CSSVirginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
• June 7 » The United States and the United Kingdom agree in the Lyons–Seward Treaty to suppress the African slave trade.
• July 12 » The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
• November 14 » American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln approves General Ambrose Burnside's plan to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia, leading to the Battle of Fredericksburg.
• 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 4, 1862 was about 9.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.