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• Albertus Lucas Lasonder, Hengelo Overijssel († 1917)
• Ada Ethlind Belden, Lima, Pepin, WI († 1937)
• Anna Maria Voerman, 's-Hertogenbosch, NB, Nederland
• Alida Scheerman, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1902)
• Anna Cornelia Heijmans, Steenbergen († 1932)
• Ana Duarte, São Paulo, Brasil
• Aaltje Jans de Haan, Boornbergum († 1951)
• Anna Cornelia Heijmans, Steenbergen
• Anna Catharina Goossens, Groesbeek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Corneia HEIJMANS, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Antien Post (11), Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje Atzes van der Sluis (66), idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonetta Wilbers (51), 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, The Netherlands
• Anna Maria Spaan (0), Utrecht, Nederland
• Bokke Herres de Boer (65), Harich
• Albert Harmens MEIBOOM (63), Lemmer
• Anna Elisabeth Vertommen (55), Rijmenam, Bonheiden, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Arij Gog (0), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart van Harten (53), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Gerard Huijben (84), Oudenbosch

• 1857 » John Jacob Abel, American biochemist and pharmacologist († 1938)
• 1861 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress († 1931)
• 1871 » Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author († 1963)
• 1874 » Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer and soldier († 1955)
• 1878 » Alfred Laliberté, Canadian sculptor and painter († 1953)
• 1879 » Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician († 1964)
• 1880 » Albert Richardson, English architect and educator, designed the Manchester Opera House († 1964)
• 1881 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (official birthday), Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey († 1938)
• 1884 » David Munson, American runner († 1953)
• 1886 » Francis Biddle, American lawyer and judge, 58th United States Attorney General († 1968)

• 1825 » Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French philosopher and theorist (b. 1760)
• 1831 » Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Estonian-German physician, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1793)
• 1864 » Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1804)
• 1865 » Sengge Rinchen, Mongolian general (b. 1811)
• 1872 » John Baker, English-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of South Australia (b. 1813)
• 1876 » Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Peter W. Barlow, English engineer (b. 1809)
• 1895 » José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1853)
• 1898 » William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1809)
• 1901 » Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, South African general and politician, 1st President of the South African Republic (b. 1819)

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.
• 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.
• March 8 » American Civil War: The Naval Battle of Hampton Roads begins.
• April 29 » American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut.
• July 18 » First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
• September 22 » A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released by Abraham Lincoln.
• December 31 » American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

The temperature on May 19, 1862 was about 17.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.