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• Adriaan Johannes van Hal, Oosterhout († 1862)
• Alida Maria Strooper, Zijpe, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1935)
• Anja Pot, Westernieland, Eenrum, Groningen, Nederland († 1880)
• Agatha Maria de Vreede, Vrijenban, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1916)
• Ame Gerbens Klaver, Bolsward, Gem. Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland († 1918)
• Albertje Pol, Oosteinde (Ruinerwold) († 1933)
• Alida Helena Butter, Kralingen (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1863)
• Aaltje Teerds, Alblasserdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Aleida Maria Kerkhoff, Westervoort († 1937)
• Aleida Maria Kerkhof, Westervoort, Nederland († 1937)

• Moret (0), Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Caels (75), Turnhout, Antwerpen, België
• adriana LUCAS (78), strijen
• Antonie Sluijs van der (61), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aldegondis (Van De Beek) Vandebeek (25), Houthalen, Limburg, BelgiÁe
• Aart Eenkhoorn (31), Genemuiden (gem. Zwartewaterland)
• Aaltje Mulder (22), Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Pauw van Wieldrecht (0), Utrecht
• Antje de Wijn (35), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Kwawegen (35), Willemstad,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1852 » Élémir Bourges, French author († 1925)
• 1854 » Maurice Lecoq, French target shooter († 1925)
• 1856 » William Massey, Irish-New Zealand farmer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1925)
• 1857 » Théodore Tuffier, French surgeon († 1929)
• 1859 » A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar († 1936)
• 1859 » Adolf Hurwitz, Jewish German-Swiss mathematician and academic († 1919)
• 1860 » André Prévost, French tennis player († 1919)
• 1866 » Fred Karno, English producer and manager († 1941)
• 1868 » King Fuad I of Egypt († 1936)
• 1873 » Dorothea Bleek, South African-German anthropologist and philologist († 1948)

• 1814 » Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician and politician (b. 1738)
• 1827 » Ludwig van Beethoven, German pianist and composer (b. 1770)
• 1858 » John Addison Thomas, American lieutenant, engineer, and politician, 3rd United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1811)
• 1862 » Uriah P. Levy, American commander (b. 1792)
• 1881 » Roman Sanguszko, Polish general and activist (b. 1800)
• 1885 » Anson Stager, American general and businessman, co-founded Western Union (b. 1825)
• 1888 » Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar (b. 1837)
• 1892 » Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist (b. 1819)
• 1902 » Cecil Rhodes, English-South African colonialist, businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (b. 1853)
• 1905 » Maurice Barrymore, American actor (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.
• April 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins: In Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.
• April 20 » Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the experiment disproving the theory of spontaneous generation.
• July 12 » The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
• November 9 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan is removed.
• December 12 » American Civil War: USSCairo sinks on the Yazoo River.
• December 26 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins.

The temperature on March 26, 1862 was about 12.5 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.