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• Alfareta Caroline Rich († 1921)
• Andries den Braber, Ooltgensplaat († 1862)
• Alida Neeltje van den Bos, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1863)
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina de Bont, Tilburg
• Alle Sakes Scheenstra, Ter Idzard, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands († 1933)
• Adriana de Vreede, ,, Hof van Delft, Nederland († 1933)
• Agnes SPRONCKMANS, Boorsheim,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgie
• Aaltje Wientjen, Eefde
• Adriana van der Ende, Kethel en Spaland (Schiedam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Schoonbeek, Termunten († 1937)

• Abraham de Haan (1), Ommerschans
• Anne Baudry (69), La Marche sur Saone, 21760, France
• Adrianus van der Knaap (40), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Isak Borgers (61), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Bakker (38), Heemskerk, Nederland
• Annigje van Daalen (20), Noordeloos, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Joannis Stokdijk (44), De Lier
• Agatha van der Horst, Nieuwer-Amstel
• Aaltje Richts Mulder (74), Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aagje of Agatha van der Horst (83), Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord Holland

• 1847 » Hermann de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor († 1904)
• 1851 » Francis Bell, Jewish New Zealand lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1936)
• 1855 » Alfred E. Hunt, American businessman († 1899)
• 1859 » Emil Fenyvessy, Hungarian actor and screenwriter († 1924)
• 1865 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, Indian physician († 1887)
• 1871 » Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann († 1922)
• 1872 » Sergei Diaghilev, Russian ballet manager and critic, founded the Ballets Russes († 1929)
• 1874 » Benjamín G. Hill, Mexican revolutionary general, governor of Sonora († 1920)
• 1874 » Henri Marteau, French violinist and composer († 1934)
• 1876 » Borisav Stanković, Serbian author († 1927)

• 1837 » John Constable, English painter and educator (b. 1776)
• 1850 » John C. Calhoun, American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1855 » Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1816)
• 1877 » Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1801)
• 1880 » Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Franz Abt, German composer and conductor (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1823)
• 1910 » Jean Moréas, Greek poet, essayist and art critic (b. 1856)
• 1913 » J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier (b. 1837)
• 1915 » Wyndham Halswelle, English-Scottish runner and captain (b. 1882)

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.
• 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.
• July 4 » Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels.
• July 18 » First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
• August 6 » American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad CSSArkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering catastrophic engine failure near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• September 17 » American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.
• December 31 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln signs an act that admits West Virginia to the Union, thus dividing Virginia in two.

The temperature on March 31, 1862 was about 11.8 °C. The air pressure was 6.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.