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• aart ARDON, dinteloord († 1935)
• adriaan sprenkels, etten leur († 1940)
• Aafke Fokkinga, Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1863)
• Aart Ardon, Dinteloord, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1935)
• Adriaantje Andeweg, Barendrecht († 1937)
• Alfred Bélanger, Richmond, Brompton, Québec, Canada
• Adrianus van Osch, Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1911)
• Adriana Cornelia Oerlemans, Tilburg († 1915)
• Abraham Engelbertus Habraken, Leiden († 1937)
• Adriana Stöckel, Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1863)

• Andries Hekman (0), Rheeze
• Antje Schreur (2), Giethoorn
• Arend Gerrits Veluwenkamp (74), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Korsman (27), Poortvliet
• Albert LAMMERS (6), Oudemolen (Vries), Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Timmerman (3), Ossenzijl
• Anje Hopma (70), Uithuizen
• Adrianus van Oort (0), Lithoijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Gort (0), Schellinkhout, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie Lourijsen (5), Dongen

• 1841 » Elfrida Andrée, Swedish organist, composer, and conductor († 1929)
• 1855 » Nishinoumi Kajirō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 16th Yokozuna († 1908)
• 1859 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1927)
• 1865 » Sven Hedin, Swedish geographer and explorer († 1952)
• 1869 » Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian-Russian poet and author († 1923)
• 1872 » Johan Pitka, Estonian admiral († 1944)
• 1876 » Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer († 1957)
• 1877 » Gabriele Münter, German painter († 1962)
• 1878 » Harriet Bosse, Swedish–Norwegian actress († 1961)
• 1880 » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico († 1928)

• 1799 » Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, and sailor (b. 1733)
• 1806 » Elizabeth Carter, English poet and translator (b. 1717)
• 1837 » Georg Büchner, German-Swiss poet and playwright (b. 1813)
• 1837 » Thomas Burgess, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1756)
• 1887 » Multatuli, Dutch-German author and civil servant (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian philosopher and politician (b. 1866)
• 1916 » Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)

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.
• April 16 » American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law.
• June 7 » The United States and the United Kingdom agree in the Lyons–Seward Treaty to suppress the African slave trade.
• June 8 » American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys: Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George B. McClellan.
• August 19 » American Indian Wars: During an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way.
• September 17 » American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.
• December 26 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins.

The temperature on February 19, 1862 was about 12.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.