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• Anna Maria Rijswijk, van, Veen gem. Aalburg Nrb. Nederland († 1866)
• Adrianus van Wezel, Drunen
• Abelardo da Costa, Brasil
• Akke WIERSMA, Leeuwarden Friesland Netherlands
• Anna Maria Martens, Broekem-Bilzen († 1944)
• Aleida Baveld, Noord Eschmarke, 7534, Nederland († 1863)
• Aaltje Scholten, Amsterdam
• Aaltjen Oolman, Wilp,Gemeente Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland († 1941)
• Aleida Maria Albers, Voorstonden (Brummen) († 1901)
• Anna Maria van Rijswijk, Veen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1866)

• Albertien Bodenstaff (0), Assen
• Anna Maria Antonius Leppers (6), Baarle Hertog (België)
• Aukje Gerrits van der Meulen (20)
• Arnoldus van den Boogaart (46), Cuijk en Sint Agatha
• Adriana de Zeeuw (70), Nieuw-en Sint Joosland
• ADRIAAN VAN DONGEN (32), DELFT, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van Brussel (68), Den Haag
• Christina Kuster (61), Heteren
• Arend Schoorl (30), Schagen
• Anna Catharina ROSEN (68), Winterswijk, Gelderland, NEDERLAND, Ratum

• 1841 » Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher († 1910)
• 1844 » Konstantin Savitsky, Russian painter and academic († 1905)
• 1850 » Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1918)
• 1857 » Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician and physicist († 1918)
• 1862 » Henry Newbolt, English historian, author, and poet († 1938)
• 1867 » David T. Abercrombie, American surveyor and businessman, founded Abercrombie & Fitch († 1931)
• 1868 » Robert Falcon Scott, English sailor and explorer († 1912)
• 1872 » Alix of Hesse, German princess and Russian empress († 1918)
• 1875 » Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1878 » Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French lawyer and politician († 1956)

• 1832 » Jeremy Bentham, English jurist and philosopher (b. 1748)
• 1840 » Marcellin Champagnat, French priest and saint, founded the Marist Brothers (b. 1789)
• 1843 » Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet and author (b. 1770)
• 1861 » Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1810)
• 1862 » Turner Ashby, American colonel (b. 1828)
• 1865 » William Quantrill, American captain (b. 1837)
• 1878 » Robert Stirling, Scottish minister and engineer, invented the stirling engine (b. 1790)
• 1881 » Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1820)
• 1883 » Ciprian Porumbescu, Romanian composer and poet (b. 1853)
• 1891 » John A. Macdonald, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815)

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.
• January 19 » American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs: The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.
• March 8 » American Civil War: The Naval Battle of Hampton Roads begins.
• March 28 » American Civil War: In the Battle of Glorieta Pass, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of the New Mexico Territory. The battle began on March 26.
• April 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins: In Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.
• 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 June 6, 1862 was about 21.2 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.