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• Arie Vermeij, Alkemade († 1863)
• Anton KREULEN, Putten († 1881)
• Alphonsius Josephus Stuer, Bazel († 1866)
• Brita Christina van der Veer, ,, Marssum, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1913)
• Berentje Wiebrens Brouwer, Langezwaag, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1943)
• Adelaide Cornelia Maria Adriaans, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1940)
• Auke Schaafsma, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amand Désiré Sotiau, Hornu, Hainaut, Belgique
• Adrianus Johannes DIJK,VAN, Nootdorp,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carolus Johannes Hinfelaar († 1862)

• Agatha van der Klugt (61), Naaldwijk
• Aleida Maria Wolterbeek (59), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Rosalia Wolf (0), Middelburg
• Arie Goudswaard (27), Utrecht
• Antonie Ariesz Van Der STEEN (56), Ridderkerk
• Antonie van der Steen (56), Ridderkerk
• Albert Prins (32), Ten Post (Ten Boer), Groningen, Nederland
• Alle Ausma (34), Marum Groningen De Wilp
• Wolterbeek (59), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Maria Wolterbeek (59), Amsterdam

• 1844 » `Abdu'l-Bahá, Iranian religious leader († 1921)
• 1848 » Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer († 1896)
• 1855 » Isabella Ford, English author and activist († 1924)
• 1861 » József Rippl-Rónai, Hungarian painter († 1927)
• 1863 » Władysław Horodecki, Polish architect († 1930)
• 1864 » William O'Connor, American fencer († 1939)
• 1865 » Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian jurist and politician, 11th President of Brazil († 1942)
• 1875 » Alfred P. Sloan, American businessman and philanthropist († 1966)
• 1882 » William Halpenny, Canadian pole vaulter († 1960)
• 1883 » Douglas Fairbanks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1939)

• 1815 » Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American clergyman and botanist (b. 1753)
• 1841 » Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1765)
• 1855 » Charles Robert Malden, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1797)
• 1857 » Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic (b. 1789)
• 1868 » Kit Carson, American general (b. 1809)
• 1886 » Leopold von Ranke, German historian and academic (b. 1795)
• 1893 » Anton von Schmerling, Austrian politician (b. 1805)
• 1895 » Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician (b. 1798)
• 1906 » Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian director, playwright, and poet (b. 1828)
• 1908 » François Coppée, French poet and author (b. 1842)

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 6 » American Civil War: Forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote give the Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee in the Battle of Fort Henry.
• February 16 » American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
• 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.
• May 1 » American Civil War: The Union Army completes its capture of New Orleans.
• June 6 » American Civil War: Battle of Memphis: Union forces capture Memphis, Tennessee, from the Confederates.
• July 23 » American Civil War: Henry Halleck takes command of the Union Army.

The temperature on May 23, 1862 was about 11.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.