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• Antje Jurna, Aegum
• Adriaan Bijnagte, Scherpenisse († 1935)
• Antje Steeensma, op het schip te Heerenveen, te Het Meer († 1935)
• Aaltje van der Ende, Berkel en Rodenrijs († 1862)
• Anna Cornelis Jurna, Idaarderadeel († 1899)
• Antje Jacobs Steensma, Schoterland († 1935)
• Antje Kornelis JURNA, AEgum (Idaarderadeel) Friesland Netherlands († 1899)
• Antje Jacobs Steensma, Schoterland († 1935)
• Antje Steensma († 1935)
• Aleida Ferdinant, Arnhem († 1937)

• Anna Theresia Degraeve (40), Oostende
• Catharina Pieket (53)
• Anna Theresia Degraeve (40), Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Anna Theresia DEGRAVE, Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, België
• van der Klei (0), Appingedam, Eemsdelta, Groningen, Nederland
• Aurelia Galusha (83)
• Andreas Pieters Mallant (75), Hedikhuizen
• Bernardus BUSKES (79), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Antje Jacobs (39), Golden, Adams County, Illinois
• Arie Dirk Kegge (1), Ijsselmonde, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1857 » Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist and eugenicist († 1940)
• 1857 » Walter Simon, German banker and philanthropist († 1920)
• 1865 » Max Nettlau, German historian and academic († 1944)
• 1866 » Mary Haviland Stilwell Kuesel, American pioneer dentist († 1936)
• 1869 » Hans Poelzig, German architect, designed the IG Farben Building and Großes Schauspielhaus († 1936)
• 1870 » Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter († 1944)
• 1870 » Franz Lehár, Hungarian composer († 1948)
• 1874 » Cyriel Verschaeve, Flemish priest and author († 1949)
• 1876 » Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician († 1937)
• 1877 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist († 1917)

• 1841 » Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish philologist and author (b. 1758)
• 1847 » Charles, Austrian commander and duke of Teschen (b. 1771)
• 1863 » Jean Danjou, French captain (b. 1828)
• 1865 » Robert FitzRoy, English admiral, meteorologist, and politician, 2nd Governor of New Zealand (b. 1805)
• 1870 » Thomas Cooke, Canadian bishop and missionary (b. 1792)
• 1875 » Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766)
• 1879 » Emma Smith, American religious leader (b. 1804)
• 1883 » Édouard Manet, French painter (b. 1832)
• 1891 » Joseph Leidy, American paleontologist and author (b. 1823)
• 1900 » Casey Jones, American railroad engineer (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.
• January 19 » American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs: The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.
• February 22 » Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.
• May 5 » Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.
• June 6 » American Civil War: Battle of Memphis: Union forces capture Memphis, Tennessee, from the Confederates.
• 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.
• July 16 » American Civil War: David Farragut is promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank.

The temperature on April 30, 1862 was about 20.4 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 31%.