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• Antje Everts, Wieringen († 1868)
• Andries Lansink, Lonneker, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1865)
• anna jacoba dolman, amsterdam († 1944)
• Antje Doedes Smith, Hindeloopen, Friesland, Nederland († 1866)
• Abraham Joannes de Vos Burchart, Middelburg († 1922)
• Alberdina Mande, Hoogeveen nederland († 1916)
• Anthonie Swennen, Vlissingen († 1879)
• Albert Willem Peters, Brummen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1955)
• Adriana den Uijl, Jaarsveld, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1930)
• Adriana den Uijl, Jaarsveld († 1930)

• Aaltjen Gerrits Westerinks (94), Olst
• Aldegonda Venmans (60), Ottersum, NL
• van Bree (0), Haarlem
• Agathe REUVEKAMP (72), Schiedam, 6248, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Westrik (Gerrits) (94), Olst
• Abraham Faas (66), Schoondijke, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Adriana Wilhelmna Wijnobel (61), Leiden
• Alida Johanna Meiring (68)
• Agatha Reuvecamp (72), Schiedam, NL
• Aaltje van der Woude (1), Purmerend

• 1846 » Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French lawyer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of France († 1904)
• 1847 » Deacon White, American baseball player and manager († 1939)
• 1859 » Georges Seurat, French painter († 1891)
• 1860 » Charles Studd, England cricketer and missionary († 1931)
• 1863 » Charles Edward Ringling, American businessman, co-founded the Ringling Brothers Circus († 1926)
• 1866 » Harry Burleigh, American singer-songwriter († 1949)
• 1876 » Yusuf Akçura, Tatar-Turkish activist and ideologue of Turanism († 1935)
• 1884 » Erima Harvey Northcroft, New Zealand soldier, lawyer, and judge († 1953)
• 1884 » Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Turkish poet and author († 1958)
• 1885 » George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1950)

• 1814 » Marquis de Sade, French philosopher, author, and politician (b. 1740)
• 1844 » Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (b. 1768)
• 1849 » Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (b. 1792)
• 1859 » John Brown, American abolitionist (b. 1800)
• 1881 » Jenny von Westphalen, German author (b. 1814)
• 1885 » Allen Wright, Principal chief of the Choctaw Nation (1866-1870); proposed the name "Oklahoma", from Choctaw words okra and umma, meaning "Territory of the Red People." (b. 1826)
• 1888 » Namık Kemal, Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1892 » Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (b. 1836)
• 1899 » Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan (b. 1875)
• 1918 » Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)

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.
• February 15 » American Civil War: Confederates commanded by Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd attack General Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces Fort Donelson, Tennessee. Unable to break the fort's encirclement, Lloyd surrenders the following day.
• 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.
• May 20 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law, opening 84million acres of public land to settlers.
• June 20 » Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
• July 12 » The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
• December 31 » American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

The temperature on December 2, 1862 was about 4.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.