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• Albertus Snijders, Nieuw Schoonebeek († 1926)
• Adriana van Dartel, 's Hertogenbosch († 1862)
• Adriana LOOIJ Adr, Middelharnis, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Alida Wilhelmina van Tol, Leiden
• Andries Vonk, Ameide, Utrecht, Nederland († 1865)
• Andreas Christian Oeltze, Benneckenbeck, Sachsen, Deutschland († 1915)
• Assendelft 127C
• Albert Muninger, Bantzenheim, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France
• Lampen, Hebelermeer, Twist, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1862)
• Adriana Looij, Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1935)

• Antonie Johannes van Gils (0), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Cools (75), Olen, België
• Agnes Isidore Eugenie Mathilde DONCKIER de DONCEEL (26), Liege, Province de Liege, Walloon Region, Belgie
• Ariaantje Meijvogel (84), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje Janse Veerman (40), Edam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend(je) van der Waal (24), Zuid-Beijerland, Nederland
• Anna wilhelmina Horstman (43), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antien van Veen (0), Overschie, Nederland
• Aafje Jans Veerman (40), Edam
• Adelaide Mathews (22), Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten

• 1846 » Julian Scott, American soldier and drummer, Medal of Honor recipient († 1901)
• 1847 » Anna Howard Shaw, American physician, minister, and activist († 1919)
• 1848 » Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic († 1934)
• 1855 » Frank Harris, Irish author and journalist († 1931)
• 1859 » George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., American engineer, inventor of the Ferris wheel († 1896)
• 1860 » Eugen Schiffer, German lawyer and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany († 1954)
• 1869 » Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist and meteorologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1959)
• 1878 » Julius Nieuwland, Belgian priest, chemist and academic († 1936)
• 1882 » John Barrymore, American actor († 1942)
• 1884 » Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish actor and director († 1947)

• 1831 » Henry Maudslay, English engineer (b. 1771)
• 1831 » Vicente Guerrero, Mexican general and politician, 2nd President of Mexico (b. 1782)
• 1870 » St. John Richardson Liddell, American general (b. 1815)
• 1881 » Fernando Wood, American merchant and politician, 73rd Mayor of New York City (b. 1812)
• 1884 » Lydia Hamilton Smith, African-American businesswoman (b. 1813)
• 1885 » Jules Vallès, French journalist and author (b. 1832)
• 1891 » William Tecumseh Sherman, American general (b. 1820)
• 1894 » Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1901 » Edward Stafford, Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1819)
• 1910 » Giovanni Passannante, Italian anarchist (b. 1849)

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 16 » American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
• April 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.
• May 5 » Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.
• June 5 » As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
• 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.
• December 12 » American Civil War: USSCairo sinks on the Yazoo River.

The temperature on February 14, 1862 was about 4.1 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.