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• Adriaan Hoek, Bruinisse gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL († 1944)
• ?? Sonne, Poortugaal († 1862)
• Andries Jans van Zomeren, Apeldoorn († 1937)
• Anton Bunno Alberda van Ekenstein, Groningen († 1862)
• Antonia Maria Pauwels, Alphen, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1914)
• Abraham Mieremet, Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands († 1947)
• Andries Jan van Zomeren, Apeldoorn, Nederland († 1937)
• Anne Marie MARSCHALL, Riedwihr (68320, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Anna Maria van Lier, Neer, Limburg, Nederland († 1937)
• Anna Maria Hubertina Coolen, Neeritter

• Adrianus Johannus van der Valk (59), Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Joannes van der Valk (59), Naaldwijk
• Adriana Vercijs (64), Waarde
• Adrianus Johannes(Arie) van der Valk (59), Naaldwijk
• Adrianus Johannes van der Valk (59), Monster
• Amelia Davis (63), Paris Township, Linn, Kansas, United States
• Adriana Ariesd Zevenbergen (55), Sint Anthoniepolder
• Andries Greve (1), Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van der VALK, Naaldwijk
• Adrianus Johannus (Arie) van der Valk (59), Naaldwijk (Z-H), Nederland

• 1840 » Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter († 1894)
• 1851 » Ismail Gasprinski, Ukrainian educator, publisher, and politician († 1914)
• 1856 » Frederick Winslow Taylor, American tennis player and engineer († 1915)
• 1856 » John Lavery, Irish painter († 1941)
• 1870 » Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general († 1964)
• 1874 » Börries von Münchhausen, German poet and activist († 1945)
• 1876 » Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist († 1927)
• 1879 » Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist († 1960)
• 1882 » Harold Weber, American golfer († 1933)
• 1882 » René Coty, French lawyer and politician, 17th President of France († 1962)

• 1835 » Louis Léopold Robert, French painter (b. 1794)
• 1849 » James Justinian Morier, Turkish-English author and diplomat (b. 1780)
• 1855 » Joseph Aspdin, English businessman (b. 1788)
• 1865 » Yamanami Keisuke, Japanese samurai (b. 1833)
• 1874 » Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer and conductor (b. 1810)
• 1878 » Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (b. 1814)
• 1894 » Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian lawyer, journalist and politician (b. 1802)
• 1897 » Apollon Maykov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1821)
• 1899 » Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Friedrich Amelung, Estonian historian and businessman (b. 1842)

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 16 » American Civil War: Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia.
• April 16 » American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law.
• 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 19 » The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford.
• July 18 » First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.

The temperature on March 20, 1862 was about 4.8 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.