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• Aldert van der Vinne, Zuidhorn (Oldehove-Niehove) (Groningen)
• Amanda Ellen Kemp, HOPPER MILLS, HENDERSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS, Verenigde Staten († 1950)
• Angelina Marie Thérèse Vanhee, Roeselare, 8800, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Albert Warner Staples
• (m) Bernhard, Wunderthausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Aaltje Tonnis Huizinga, 't Zandt († 1935)
• Adriana Dingemanse, Vrouwenpolder († 1931)
• Anna Paulina I Viege, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1863)
• * Elisabeth Bijl, 's-Gravendeel († 1936)
• Adriana-Maria ZAAT, Wateringen(Nl) († 1863)

• Arie van der Graaf (0), Monster
• Anna Klaassen Knol (48), Warffum, Gemeente Eemsmond, Groningen, Netherlands
• * Willem de Weijer (44), Jaarsveld
• Anna Margareta Krüssell (45), Dankern, Haren
• Amos WELLS (37), Sidemoor, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England
• Anna Magdalena Gonsal (Gonzal) (84), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Smets (61), Maasbree
• Adriana van Baal (60), Oosterhout, Gemeente Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagje (Agie) (Agnes) Oostwaart (55), Diemen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aartje Arisdr de Mie (81), Oude-Tonge

• 1845 » Gustaf Cederström, Swedish painter († 1933)
• 1851 » Edward Walter Maunder, English astronomer and author († 1928)
• 1851 » José Gautier Benítez, Puerto Rican soldier and poet († 1880)
• 1852 » Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician and academic († 1939)
• 1856 » Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington, English mountaineer, cartographer, and politician († 1937)
• 1863 » Raul Pompeia, Brazilian writer († 1895)
• 1868 » Akiyama Saneyuki, Japanese admiral († 1918)
• 1869 » Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer († 1922)
• 1871 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece († 1941)
• 1874 » William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1940)

• 1817 » Charles Messier, French astronomer and academic (b. 1730)
• 1850 » Adoniram Judson, American lexicographer and missionary (b. 1788)
• 1866 » Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded Fleetwood (b. 1801)
• 1872 » Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist (b. 1795)
• 1878 » William M. Tweed, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
• 1879 » Richard Taylor, American general (b. 1826)
• 1885 » William Crowther, Dutch-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist and academic (b. 1842)
• 1906 » Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar, academic, and philanthropist (b. 1836)

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 5 » Moldavia and Wallachia formally unite to create the Romanian United Principalities.
• 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.
• May 13 » The USSPlanter, a steamer and gunship, steals through Confederate lines and is passed to the Union, by a southern slave, Robert Smalls, who later was officially appointed as captain, becoming the first black man to command a United States ship.
• July 1 » The Russian State Library is founded as the Library of the Moscow Public Museum.
• July 15 » The CSS Arkansas, the most effective ironclad on the Mississippi River, battles with Union ships commanded by Admiral David Farragut, severely damaging three ships and sustaining heavy damage herself. The encounter changed the complexion of warfare on the Mississippi and helped to reverse Rebel fortunes on the river in the summer of 1862.
• December 17 » American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from parts of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.

The temperature on April 12, 1862 was about 6.0 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%.