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• Aletta Catharina Mader, Stellenbosch, Westkaap (SA)
• ANNA WASSENBERG, HAARLEMMERMEER († 1937)
• Adriana Cornelia Verschoof, Maarssen († 1944)
• Abraham Abrahamsz Verlint, Rijnsburg
• Anna Maria Claassen, Doornenburg
• Adriana de Jong, Groot Ammers († 1927)
• Adrianus Hubertus Bout, Rotterdam
• Andries Bernard, Leiden
• Allegonda Hendriks, Wanroij, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1862)
• Alva E. Baker, Fairfield County, Ohio, United States of America († 1940)

• Adrianus Goetstouwers (55), Essen, Essen, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Anna Blonk (38), Haarlemmermeer
• Abigail Haggard (41), Lawrence, Tennessee
• Albert Thomas Joseph Louchart (85), Vincly, Pas-de-Calais, Frankrijk
• An Haitjes Visser (55), Gaasterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aleijda Joosten (27), Gendt
• Alice Curtis (80), Connecticut, United States
• Adriana van Geffen, Schijndel
• Adrianus Warmerdam (26), Noordwijkerhout
• Anna Elisabeth GERKENS (84), HENRI-CHAPELLE

• 1842 » Ulric Dahlgren, American colonel († 1864)
• 1848 » Arturo Prat, Chilean lawyer and captain († 1879)
• 1858 » Jacob Gaudaur, Canadian rower († 1937)
• 1860 » Frederik van Eeden, Dutch psychiatrist and author († 1932)
• 1864 » Emil Kellenberger, Swiss target shooter († 1943)
• 1875 » Mistinguett, French actress and singer († 1956)
• 1876 » Margaret Anglin, Canadian actress, director, and producer († 1958)
• 1876 » Tomáš Baťa, Czech businessman, founded Bata Shoes († 1932)
• 1880 » Otto Weininger, Jewish-Austrian philosopher and author († 1903)
• 1881 » Alcide De Gasperi, Italian journalist and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Italy († 1954)

• 1827 » Ernst Chladni, German physicist and academic (b. 1756)
• 1838 » François Carlo Antommarchi, French physician and author (b. 1780)
• 1844 » Edward Bigge, English cleric, 1st Archdeacon of Lindisfarne (b. 1807)
• 1846 » William Braine, English soldier and explorer (b. 1814)
• 1849 » Juliusz Słowacki, Polish-French poet and playwright (b. 1809)
• 1868 » Franz Berwald, Swedish composer and surgeon (b. 1796)
• 1880 » Felicita Vestvali, German actress and opera singer (b. 1831)
• 1882 » Jesse James, American criminal and outlaw (b. 1847)
• 1897 » Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer (b. 1833)
• 1901 » Richard D'Oyly Carte, English composer and talent agent (b. 1844)

• 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 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.
• March 28 » American Civil War: In the Battle of Glorieta Pass, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of the New Mexico Territory. The battle began on March 26.
• 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.
• September 8 » Millennium of Russia monument is unveiled in Novgorod.
• September 22 » A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released by Abraham Lincoln.
• December 12 » American Civil War: USSCairo sinks on the Yazoo River.

The temperature on April 3, 1862 was about 16.8 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%.