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• Anna Maria Luijkx, Steenbergen († 1950)
• Albertus Laarman, Amsterdam († 1926)
• Annie Jane Collins, Mississippi († 1924)
• Albert ter Maten, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthonie den Uijl, Oud en Nieuw Mathenesse, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Albertus Kraaijkamp, Amersfoort, Nederland
• Hensen, Baardwijk
• Abraham Verstrate, Heinkenszand († 1942)
• van Rijk, 's-Gravenhage († 1862)
• Aart de Jong, Leerdam, Vijfheerenlanden, Utrecht, Nederland († 1940)

• Alexander Arnold Riedel (62), Graft
• "Joannes" Jan Jan, Groesbeek, NL
• Arnoldus Alexander Riedel (62), Graft
• Aaltje Hendriks Schuur (67), Putten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna van der Sloot (van der Sloet) (62), 's-Hertogenbosch, Nederland
• Adriaan van OORSCHOT (39), Roosendaal,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Aris Blankespoor (41), Lunteren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anke Keimpes de Groot (79), Ballum Ameland, Ameland, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje ROBBEMOND (0), Dubbeldam (NL)
• Antje Hensbroek (72), Broek op Langedijk

• 1860 » Charlotte Barnum, American mathematician and social activist († 1934)
• 1860 » Martin Kukučín, Slovak author and playwright († 1928)
• 1863 » Léon Gérin, Canadian lawyer, sociologist, and civil servant († 1951)
• 1864 » Ante Trumbić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 27th Mayor of Split († 1938)
• 1864 » Louis Richardet, Swiss target shooter († 1923)
• 1866 » Erik Satie, French pianist and composer († 1925)
• 1868 » Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge († 1920)
• 1868 » Panagis Tsaldaris, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1936)
• 1870 » Newton Moore, Australian politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia († 1936)
• 1873 » Henri Barbusse, French author and journalist († 1935)

• 1829 » John Jay, American politician and diplomat, 1st Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1745)
• 1838 » Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French bishop and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1754)
• 1838 » René Caillié, French explorer and author (b. 1799)
• 1839 » Archibald Alison, Scottish priest and author (b. 1757)
• 1868 » Kondō Isami, Japanese commander (b. 1834)
• 1875 » John C. Breckinridge, American lawyer and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States, Confederate States general (b. 1821)
• 1879 » Asa Packer, American businessman, founded Lehigh University (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Ziya Pasha, Greek author and translator (b. 1826)
• 1886 » John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded the Deere & Company (b. 1804)
• 1888 » Giacomo Zanella, Italian priest and poet (b. 1820)

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.
• March 9 » American Civil War: USSMonitor and CSSVirginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
• May 20 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law, opening 84million acres of public land to settlers.
• September 1 » American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly: Confederate Army troops defeat a group of retreating Union Army troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
• September 2 » American Civil War: United States President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
• September 4 » American Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
• September 18 » The Confederate States celebrate for the first and only time a Thanksgiving Day.

The temperature on May 17, 1862 was about 19.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.