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• Adriana Zwartbol, Strijen, Nederland († 1952)
• Aaltje Wouda, Lemsterland Friesland Nederland
• Agatha Dekker, Groet, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
• Aäron Vijevano, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1936)
• van Roode, Haarlem
• (m) Bürger, Berleburg, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1862)
• (w) Bürger, Berleburg, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1862)
• Dankers, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alice Adelia Allen, Greentown, Howard, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1946)
• Adrianus de Jong, Asperen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1922)

• Aaltjen Beulink (59), Doetinchem (GL)
• Adrianus van Hooren_ (1), Baardwijk
• Agnes Leyendecker (49), Hetzerath, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Andries Pieters Muggen, Beilen
• Anna Catharina Roeymans (45)
• Adriana van der LINDEN (30), Strijen
• Alida Veder (62), Rotterdam
• (w) Bürger (0), Berleburg, Kreis Wittgenstein
• (2) Cornelis Leek (64), Obdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Knipping (16), Lent

• 1851 » Durham Stevens, American lawyer and diplomat († 1908)
• 1858 » Ignacio Bonillas, Mexican diplomat († 1942)
• 1859 » Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor († 1924)
• 1866 » Agda Meyerson, Swedish nurse and healthcare activist († 1924)
• 1868 » Ștefan Luchian, Romanian painter and illustrator († 1917)
• 1870 » Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Finnish physician († 1949)
• 1872 » Clara Butt, English opera singer († 1936)
• 1872 » Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician († 1949)
• 1873 » John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient († 1901)
• 1874 » Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright († 1929)

• 1832 » Archibald Murphey, American judge and politician (b. 1777)
• 1851 » Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright (b. 1797)
• 1871 » Alexander Serov, Russian composer and critic (b. 1820)
• 1893 » George Henry Sanderson, American lawyer and politician, 22nd Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1824)
• 1897 » Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (b. 1826)
• 1903 » Sir George Stokes, Anglo-Irish physicist, mathematician, and politician (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Léon Serpollet, French businessman (b. 1858)
• 1908 » Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1922 » William Desmond Taylor, American actor and director (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Maurice Prendergast, American painter (b. 1858)

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 6 » American Civil War: Forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote give the Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee in the Battle of Fort Henry.
• April 25 » American Civil War: Forces under U.S. Admiral David Farragut demand the surrender of the Confederate city of New Orleans, Louisiana.
• June 1 » American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: The Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
• June 20 » Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
• November 7 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside was assigned to command the Army of the Potomac in Antietam, Maryland. After Union General George B. McClellan refused to pursue Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia after their retreat from the Battle of Antietam.
• 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 February 1, 1862 was about 10.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.