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• JAGER, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Theodorus Franciscus Helsloot, Amsterdam
• Adam Ream Gatchell, Mifflin, Wyandot, Ohio, United States († 1954)
• Amalia van Lippe-Weissenfeld, Baden bei Wien († 1925)
• Albert Piers Berghuis, Westergeest, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Friesland, Nederland († 1937)
• Adrianus, Theodorus, Franciscus Helsloot, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1934)
• Anaïs Marie HANUISE, Lanquesaint, 51039, Hainaut, Belgique († 1862)
• Aaltje Tukker
• Amalie v.Pallavicini, Baden b.Wien († 1925)
• Adrianus Theodorus Franciscus Helsloot, Amsterdam, NH, The Netherlands

• Adriaantje van der VLIET Ldr (0), Oude-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• André Servais (87), Sachy
• Aaltjen Kruitbosch (22), Deventer
• Adolf Ambrosius van der HOEK (39), Deventer
• Adolf Ambrosius van der Hoek (39), Deventer
• Benno Kugel (41), Farmsum, Delfzijl 61
• Adriaantje van der VLIET (0), Oude-Tonge (Oostflakkee), NL-ZH
• Berend Roewen (72), Holthone, Hardenberg / NL
• Benno Kugel (41), Farmsum (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Agatha Cornelia Hendrika Johanna Maazer (0), den haag

• 1847 » Joachim Andersen, Danish flautist, composer, conductor, and co-founder of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra († 1907)
• 1848 » Raja Ravi Varma, Indian painter and academic († 1906)
• 1854 » Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer († 1912)
• 1858 » Georgia Hopley, American journalist, temperance advocate, and the first woman prohibition agent († 1944)
• 1863 » Constantine P. Cavafy, Egyptian-Greek journalist and poet († 1933)
• 1863 » Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Austrian nun and missionary († 1922)
• 1863 » William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation († 1951)
• 1872 » Forest Ray Moulton, American astronomer and academic († 1952)
• 1872 » Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and lawyer († 1930)
• 1875 » Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer († 1950)

• 1793 » John Michell, English geologist and astronomer (b. 1724)
• 1798 » Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, Austrian entomologist and author (b. 1723)
• 1833 » William Babington, Anglo-Irish physician and mineralogist (b. 1756)
• 1854 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1768)
• 1903 » Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and zoologist (b. 1835)
• 1905 » Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1916 » Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1850)
• 1920 » William H. Seward Jr., American general and banker (b. 1839)
• 1921 » Arthur Mold, English cricketer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)

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 12 » American Civil War: The Andrews Raid (the Great Locomotive Chase) occurs, starting from Big Shanty, Georgia (now Kennesaw).
• May 1 » American Civil War: The Union Army completes its capture of New Orleans.
• October 11 » American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
• November 5 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.
• November 7 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside was assigned to command the Army of the Potomac in Antietam, Maryland. After Union General George B. McClellan refused to pursue Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia after their retreat from the Battle of Antietam.
• December 26 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins.

The temperature on April 29, 1862 was about 14.4 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.