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• Adriana Claassen, Rotterdam († 1872)
• Alida van Zoelen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1862)
• Alfred C. Dezendorf, New York NY († 1929)
• Aaltje van den Berg, Meppel
• Adriaan Jobse, Zoutelande, Zeeland, NL († 1949)
• Adrianus Van Ekelenburg, Abbenbroek, Bernisse, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1867)
• Aaltje de Jong, Aalsmeer († 1862)
• Adriaan Jobse, Zoutelande, Nederland († 1949)
• Aaltje van Doesburg, Est († 1864)
• Aagje van den Hooven, Ameide († 1862)

• Albertus (Albert) Jansen (61), Rhienderen (Brummen)
• Albertje Wanders Wassen (54), Garminge, Westerbork
• Albert Jansen (60), Rienderen (Brummen), Gelderland (NL.)
• Anthonij Buteijn (16), 's-Heer Arendskerke, Zeeland, NL
• Anna Getruda Wels (73), Nieuwenhagen, Landgraaf
• Albertus Jansen (60), Brummen, Gemeente Brummen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adriaan van Nieuwburg (65), Haaren, Gemeente Haaren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina de Bakker (61), Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham van Schouwen (1), Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adam de Romph (15), Heinenoord, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1853 » Howard Pyle, American author and illustrator († 1911)
• 1862 » Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician († 1934)
• 1867 » Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th Premier of Quebec († 1952)
• 1869 » Michael von Faulhaber, German cardinal († 1952)
• 1870 » Evgeny Paton, French-Ukrainian engineer († 1953)
• 1870 » Frank Norris, American journalist and author († 1902)
• 1871 » Konstantinos Pallis, Greek general and politician, Minister Governor-General of Macedonia († 1941)
• 1871 » Rosa Luxemburg, Polish-Russian economist and philosopher († 1919)
• 1873 » Olav Bjaaland, Norwegian skier and explorer († 1961)
• 1874 » Henry Travers, English-American actor († 1965)

• 1815 » Franz Mesmer, German physician and astrologist (b. 1734)
• 1827 » Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1745)
• 1827 » Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749)
• 1829 » John Adams, English sailor and mutineer (b. 1766)
• 1849 » David Scott, Scottish historical painter (b. 1806)
• 1876 » Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author (b. 1805)
• 1893 » Hippolyte Taine, French historian and critic (b. 1828)
• 1895 » Nikolai Leskov, Russian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1831)
• 1895 » Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, English general and scholar (b. 1810)
• 1907 » Friedrich Blass, German philologist, scholar, and academic (b. 1843)

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 16 » American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
• March 9 » American Civil War: USSMonitor and CSSVirginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
• June 20 » Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
• 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.
• November 5 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.
• December 1 » In his State of the Union Address President Abraham Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation.

The temperature on March 5, 1862 was about -0.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.