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• Adriana Johanna van Roij, Hardinxveld
• Adrianus Meeuwesen, Baarle-Nassau
• Anna Catharina Coenen, Sint Odiliënberg, Netherlands († 1892)
• Anna Cornelia van den Hout, Goirle († 1929)
• Vos, Startenhuizen, Nederland († 1862)
• Adam Reid, Saline, fifeshire
• Adrianus Netten, Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1862)
• (Stillborn) VOS, Startenhuizen Groningen Netherlands († 1862)
• Annechien Hoekman, Vlachtwedde († 1865)
• Arentje Groeneveld, Rockanje († 1863)

• (Stillborn) VOS (0), Startenhuizen Groningen Netherlands
• Akke Gatses van der MEER (33), Wolsum (Friesland, The Netherlands)
• Anthonia Brantenaar (1), Heinenoord, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annea Eliaeth Hendriks Andreae (43), Leens, De Marne, Groningen, Nederland
• Carl Friedrech Johannes WESSELHOEFT (72)
• Catharina Maria Hubertina Lenssen (1), Schinnen
• Anna Elisabeth ANDREA (43), Leens Groningen Netherlands
• Antonie Pellemans (74), Maasdriel, GD, Nederland
• Anna Elizabet Andrea (43), Leens, NL-GR
• Catharina Hubertina Lenssen (1), Schinnen, Limburg, Nederland

• 1857 » Edward Elgar, English composer and educator († 1934)
• 1857 » Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1919)
• 1861 » Concordia Selander, Swedish actress and manager († 1935)
• 1863 » Felix Weingartner, Croatian-Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1942)
• 1865 » Adelaide Casely-Hayford, Sierra Leone Creole advocate and activist for cultural nationalism († 1960)
• 1865 » George Lohmann, English cricketer († 1901)
• 1869 » Jack O'Connor, American baseball player and manager († 1937)
• 1875 » Charles Stewart Mott, American businessman and politician, 50th Mayor of Flint, Michigan († 1973)
• 1878 » Wallace Hartley, English violinist and bandleader († 1912)
• 1881 » Walter Egan, American golfer († 1971)

• 1806 » William Tate, English painter (b. 1747)
• 1853 » Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, English general (b. 1777)
• 1865 » Ner Middleswarth, American judge and politician (b. 1783)
• 1875 » Józef Kremer, Polish psychologist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1806)
• 1881 » Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1801)
• 1882 » Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician (b. 1807)
• 1901 » George Leslie Mackay, Canadian missionary and author (b. 1844)
• 1927 » Hüseyin Avni Lifij, Turkish painter (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Enrique Gorostieta, Mexican general (b. 1889)
• 1933 » Frank Jarvis, American runner and triple jumper (b. 1878)

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 16 » American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
• February 21 » American Civil War: Battle of Valverde is fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.
• April 12 » American Civil War: The Andrews Raid (the Great Locomotive Chase) occurs, starting from Big Shanty, Georgia (now Kennesaw).
• May 13 » The USSPlanter, a steamer and gunship, steals through Confederate lines and is passed to the Union, by a southern slave, Robert Smalls, who later was officially appointed as captain, becoming the first black man to command a United States ship.
• May 31 » American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: Confederate forces under Joseph E. Johnston and G.W. Smith engage Union forces under George B. McClellan outside Richmond, Virginia.
• August 28 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Second Manassas. The battle ends on August 30.

The temperature on June 2, 1862 was about 16.5 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.