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• Anna Maria Renker, Ambt Hardenberg († 1933)
• Anne Eits, noordwolde († 1896)
• Adrianus de Bruijn, Raamsdonk, Nederland († 1936)
• Adriana van der Schoot, Boxtel, NL († 1863)
• Adriana Johanna Adriaanse, Middelburg († 1908)
• Aaltje Jansje Visser, schiermonnikoog
• Adrianus de Bruijn, Raamsdonk († 1936)
• Adriana van der Schoot, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1863)
• Adriaan de Bruijn, Raamsdonk († 1936)
• Adelaida Lambertina Josephina ACKERMANS, Mechelen-aan-de-Maas

• Age Tjepcke Ruurd Sixma (60), Veenklooster, Kollumerland C.A., Friesland, Netherlands
• Alberdina Wolthuis (5), Gasselte, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Lunenborg (0), Hollandscheveld/Hoogeveen
• Adriana Maria MICHIELSEN (73), Ravels, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Age Tjepke Ruurd Sixma Heemstra, van (60), Oudwoude (Kollumerland)
• Adriaan Snellen (62), Tilburg
• Age Tjepke Ruurd Sixma van Heemstra (60), Veenklooster, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Pays-Bas
• Age Tjepke Ruurd Sixma van Heemstra (60), Veenklooster, Friesland, Nederland
• Aart Tomassen (4), Putten
• Aaltje Steeman (22), Medemblik

• 1838 » Jules Méline, French lawyer and politician, 65th Prime Minister of France († 1925)
• 1851 » Emile Berliner, German-American inventor, invented the Gramophone record († 1929)
• 1854 » George Prendergast, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria († 1937)
• 1856 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter († 1910)
• 1860 » Eduard Buchner, German chemist, zymologist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1917)
• 1875 » Hendrik Offerhaus, Dutch rower († 1953)
• 1877 » Pat Leahy, Irish-American jumper († 1927)
• 1879 » Hans Meerwein, German chemist († 1965)
• 1882 » Sigrid Undset, Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1949)
• 1883 » Faisal I of Iraq († 1933)

• 1812 » Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (b. 1732)
• 1834 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (b. 1757)
• 1841 » Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)
• 1864 » John Clare, English poet (b. 1793)
• 1873 » George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of East Canada (b. 1814)
• 1880 » Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse and philanthropist (b. 1814)
• 1896 » Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (b. 1819)
• 1909 » Ernest Hogan, American actor and composer (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)

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 21 » American Civil War: Battle of Valverde is fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.
• April 7 » American Civil War: The Union's Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the Ohio defeat the Confederate Army of Mississippi near Shiloh, Tennessee.
• April 20 » Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the experiment disproving the theory of spontaneous generation.
• June 9 » American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson concludes his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic; his tactics during the campaign are now studied by militaries around the world.
• July 1 » The Russian State Library is founded as the Library of the Moscow Public Museum.
• July 23 » American Civil War: Henry Halleck takes command of the Union Army.

The temperature on May 20, 1862 was about 22.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%.