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• Adriana Bergh, Amsterdam
• Anna Fissering, Onstwedde
• Aaltje Kuiper, Hensbroek
• Abraham Doppenberg, Putten, Gelderland, The Netherlands († 1922)
• Anna Catharina Lambermon, Susteren († 1934)
• Adolph Bloch, Racibórz, Slaskie, Poland
• Anna Kruizinga, Bellingwolde, Groningen, Nederland († 1936)
• Anthonius OVERHOFF, Fort Bath (NL/ZE) now(Reimerswaal Zuid Beveland) († 1913)
• Abraham Doppenberg, Putten, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1922)
• Antje Otter, Oldeholtwolde, Weststellingwerf († 1864)

• Albert Aukes Kootstra (4), Ooststellingwerf
• (38) François BARBEZAT (61), Voray-sur-l'Ognon, 70190, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, FRANCE
• Adam Limpens (83), Wijnandsrade, Nederland
• Aalt Gijsberts Van De Wetering (65), Woudenberg, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriaan van der Weele (3), Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aalt Gijsbertsz van de Wetering (65), Woudenberg
• Adriana Apon (69), Rotterdam
• Abraham Abrahamse Quist (62), Rilland
• adriana apon (69), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• antonie REEDIJK (7), numansdorp

• 1856 » Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic († 1910)
• 1858 » Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher († 1917)
• 1861 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-British poet and playwright († 1929)
• 1863 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator († 1914)
• 1874 » George Harrison Shull, American botanist and geneticist († 1954)
• 1874 » Johannes Stark, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1875 » James J. Jeffries, American boxer and promoter († 1953)
• 1877 » Georg Kolbe, German sculptor († 1947)
• 1878 » Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright († 1956)
• 1879 » Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer and poet († 1980)

• 1793 » Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian priest, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1718)
• 1854 » Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (b. 1773)
• 1861 » Sylvester Jordan, Austrian-German lawyer and politician (b. 1792)
• 1865 » Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (b. 1809)
• 1888 » Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (b. 1822)
• 1889 » Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, New Zealand commander and politician
• 1912 » Victims of the Titanic disaster:
• 1917 » János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)
• 1927 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)

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.
• January 16 » Hartley Colliery disaster: Two hundred and four men and boys killed in a mining disaster, prompting a change in UK law which henceforth required all collieries to have at least two independent means of escape.
• January 31 » Alvan Graham Clark discovers the white dwarf star Sirius B, a companion of Sirius, through an 18.5-inch (47cm) telescope now located at Northwestern University.
• June 4 » American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.
• June 20 » Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
• August 9 » American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain: At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.
• August 17 » American Indian Wars: The Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Dakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.

The temperature on April 15, 1862 was about 3.1 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.