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• Adriana Schieman, Zaamslag (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland († 1896)
• Slijkhuis, Brummen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1862)
• Anne Wytzes van der Zijpp, Mokwerum († 1863)
• Albert Godschalk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1933)
• Anna Elisabeth Jungblut, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1953)
• Adriana Beatrix Wilhelmina Van Deun, Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands († 1931)
• Alphonsius Declercq, Ingelmunster West-Vlaanderen
• Anne van der Zijpp, Hemelumer Oldeferd (Hemelumer Oldeferd) (Friesland) († 1864)
• Aimée LELEUX, Isières, 51036, Hainaut, Belgique
• Anna Maria "Mary" Rose, Frankwitz, Stuhm, Westpreussen, Deutschland († 1947)

• Aukje Sytzes van Buren (25), Vrouwenparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland
• Carolina Maria Veldman (71), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Anna Cornelia de Klerk (3), Stoppeldijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana van Leerdam (Lekamp) (49), 's-Heer Arendskerke
• Anna Isabella Stuijts (1), Berendrecht (B)
• Boukje Hiddes HALBERTSMA (1), Grouw, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Moens, Bugggenhout
• Alijda Boel (63), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland
• Anna Maria Eedeling (70), Groningen
• Berend Folkerts de JONG (67), Smallingerland

• 1850 » Richard Butler, English-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of South Australia († 1925)
• 1856 » George Leake, Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Western Australia († 1902)
• 1857 » Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist († 1924)
• 1857 » Mathilde Kralik, Austrian pianist and composer († 1944)
• 1863 » Gussie Davis, African-American songwriter († 1899)
• 1864 » Herman Heijermans, Dutch author and playwright († 1924)
• 1867 » William John Bowser, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of British Columbia († 1933)
• 1872 » Arthur Charles Hardy, Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate († 1962)
• 1872 » William Haselden, English cartoonist († 1953)
• 1875 » Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter and educator († 1955)

• 1815 » John Carroll, American archbishop (b. 1735)
• 1876 » Samuel Cooper, American general (b. 1798)
• 1882 » Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop (b. 1811)
• 1888 » Carl Zeiss, German physicist and lens maker, created the optical instrument (b. 1816)
• 1890 » Billy Midwinter, English-Australian cricketer (b. 1851)
• 1892 » Afanasy Fet, Russian author and poet (b. 1820)
• 1894 » Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (b. 1850)
• 1902 » Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church (b. 1833)
• 1904 » David Bratton, American water polo player (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science (b. 1821)

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.
• April 20 » Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the experiment disproving the theory of spontaneous generation.
• June 4 » American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.
• 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.
• 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.
• August 17 » American Civil War: Major General J. E. B. Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.

The temperature on December 3, 1862 was about 1.6 °C. The air pressure was 5.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%.