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• Kroon, Oude Tonge
• Adriana Rosalia Wolf, Middelburg († 1862)
• Adriana Lumina van der Kraats († 1865)
• Aagtje van der Laan, Lutjegast, Groningen, Netherlands († 1927)
• Alice Warren, Haggerstone East, Shoreditch, Middlesex
• Adriana Verkleij, Stein († 1898)
• Adrianus Vijverberg, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1863)
• Aagtje van der Laan, Lutjegast, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland († 1927)
• Adriana Maria Zijnen, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1937)
• Elisabeth Johanna Mersmann, Amsterdam

• Abner Nash Legrand (87)
• Albert Wichers Borger (15), Nieuwleusen, Ov, The Netherlands
• Arie van den Heuvel (0), Leerdam
• Anna Cornelia Arnouts (35), Brecht (B)
• (Joh)anna Catharina Veltman (81), Vreeswijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arris van Beelen (0), Katwijk
• Anna Catharina Veltman (81), Vreeswijk
• Antje Harmens Vaartjes (61), Weststellingwerf
• Andreas Verdijk (51), Cuijk en St. Agatha
• Anna Maria Schatorje (0), Broekhuizenvorst, Limburg, Nederland

• 1855 » Cesário Verde, Portuguese poet and author († 1886)
• 1856 » Karl Gotthard Lamprecht, German historian and academic († 1915)
• 1856 » Mathias Zdarsky, Czech-Austrian skier, painter, and sculptor († 1940)
• 1857 » Robert Bond, Canadian politician; first Prime Minister of Newfoundland († 1927)
• 1860 » William Ashley, English historian and academic († 1927)
• 1865 » Andranik, Armenian general († 1927)
• 1866 » Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher and politician († 1952)
• 1869 » Phoebus Levene, Russian-American biochemist and physician († 1940)
• 1873 » Enrico Caruso, Italian-American tenor; the most popular operatic tenor of the early 20th century and the first great recording star. († 1921)
• 1877 » Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist and scholar († 1935)

• 1819 » Francisco Manoel de Nascimento, Portuguese-French poet and educator (b. 1734)
• 1822 » William Pinkney, American politician and diplomat, 7th United States Attorney General (b. 1764)
• 1841 » Philip Pendleton Barbour, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1783)
• 1850 » Daoguang Emperor of China (b. 1782)
• 1852 » Thomas Moore, Irish poet and lyricist (b. 1779)
• 1865 » Otto Ludwig, German author, playwright, and critic (b. 1813)
• 1870 » Henrik Hertz, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1797)
• 1877 » Jung Bahadur Rana, Nepalese ruler (b. 1816)
• 1878 » Townsend Harris, American merchant, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan (b. 1804)
• 1899 » Paul Reuter, German-English journalist and businessman, founded Reuters (b. 1816)

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.
• March 13 » The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves was passed by the United States Congress, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
• 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.
• April 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.
• June 20 » Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
• September 18 » The Confederate States celebrate for the first and only time a Thanksgiving Day.
• December 12 » American Civil War: USSCairo sinks on the Yazoo River.

The temperature on February 25, 1862 was about 2.1 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.