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• Antonetta Bernarda Gerritsen, Stad Delden († 1912)
• Anthonij Cornelis Sonneveldt, Willemstad, Nederland († 1949)
• Alida Woutrina Blokland, Hardinxveld,Gemeente Hardinxveld-Giessendam,South Holland,Netherlands († 1937)
• Aaltje Dop, Huis 155, Bangerd, Zwaag, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1862)
• Aaltje van Vliet, Asperen, Lingewaal, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje HOVELING, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1936)
• Adrianus Brandjes, Monnickendam († 1909)
• Alida Woutrina Blokland, Hardinxveld, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Wouterina Blokland, Hardinxveld († 1937)
• Maria Anna Zijlmans, Raamsdonkveer († 1863)

• Albert Hendrik Smit (0), Gramsbergen
• Anna Catharine Walz (52), Neu Kassel
• Alle Hendriks Eizenberg (58), Donkerbroek, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Vugt (35), Ginneken en Bavel
• adriana Maas, Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonia Johanna de Wit (6), Amsterdam
• Alle Eizenberg (58), Donkerbroek
• Adriaan Platschorre (2), Kortgene
• Anna Maria SEGERS (55), Dessel,2480,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Aleida Hissink (36), Diemen

• 1847 » Bram Stoker, Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula († 1912)
• 1847 » Jean Casimir-Perier, French politician, 6th President of France († 1907)
• 1848 » Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher († 1925)
• 1854 » Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist and academic († 1919)
• 1855 » Nikolaos Triantafyllakos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1939)
• 1866 » Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin, English businessman, founded the Austin Motor Company († 1941)
• 1868 » Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician and academic († 1942)
• 1878 » Dorothea Bate, English palaeontologist and archaeozoologist († 1951)
• 1881 » Clarence Gagnon, Canadian painter and illustrator († 1942)
• 1883 » Arnold Bax, English composer and poet († 1953)

• 1817 » Andrea Appiani, Italian painter and educator (b. 1754)
• 1828 » Thomas Bewick, English engraver, illustrator and author (b.1753)
• 1830 » Francis I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1777)
• 1873 » Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1796)
• 1887 » Doc Holliday, American dentist and poker player (b. 1851)
• 1890 » César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (b. 1828)
• 1901 » James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)
• 1917 » Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1879)

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.
• May 12 » American Civil War: U.S. federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• May 20 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law, opening 84million acres of public land to settlers.
• July 1 » Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, second daughter of Queen Victoria, marries Prince Louis of Hesse, the future Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse.
• September 1 » American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly: Confederate Army troops defeat a group of retreating Union Army troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
• October 8 » American Civil War: The Confederate invasion of Kentucky is halted at the Battle of Perryville.
• 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 8, 1862 was about 9.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.