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• Adrianus van Polanen, Leiden († 1865)
• , Meer, Hoogstraten, Antwerpen, België († 1946)
• Anna Catharina Teeuwes, Gilze († 1862)
• Anna Daerden (Vreugdenburg), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1929)
• Albert Pieters Wijchers, Buitenpost († 1938)
• Alida Justina Van Commenée, Aarlanderveen († 1896)
• Angenietje Haasbroek, Katwijk († 1951)
• Andries Jans van Loon, Donkerbroek, Ooststelligwerf, Friesland, Netherlands († 1915)
• Anna Engelberta van der Staaij, Maassluis († 1867)
• Albert Wijchers, Achtkarspelen

• Catharina Johanna Schwencke (79), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland NL
• Arrien Wolters Greeve (2), Zuurbeek, Ambt Vollenhove
• Ceciliana Goossens (28), Clinge (NL)
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• Adriana Janna PONSEN (6), Opheusden
• Christiaan Ubachs (63), Meerssen
• arentje SCHAAP (58), den bommel
• Aegidius Josephus Gemmenig (43), Bocholtz (L
• Baukje Ennes (Boukje) van der Meulen (76), Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland
• Benedictus Vermeulen (66), Scheldewindeke

• 1852 » Hipólito Yrigoyen, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 19th President of Argentina († 1933)
• 1854 » George Eastman, American businessman, founded Eastman Kodak († 1933)
• 1855 » Ned Hanlan, Canadian rower, academic, and businessman († 1908)
• 1857 » George E. Ohr, American potter († 1918)
• 1861 » Anton Arensky, Russian pianist, composer, and educator († 1906)
• 1863 » Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist († 1933)
• 1863 » Paul Drude, German physicist and academic († 1906)
• 1868 » Stefan George, German poet and translator († 1933)
• 1870 » Louis II, Prince of Monaco († 1949)
• 1872 » Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia († 1945)

• 1804 » Alexander Hamilton, American general, economist, and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1755)
• 1845 » Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian linguist, poet, and playwright (b. 1808)
• 1850 » Robert Stevenson, Scottish engineer (b. 1772)
• 1855 » Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral (b. 1802)
• 1870 » John A. Dahlgren, American admiral (b. 1809)
• 1892 » Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter, invented baseball (b. 1820)
• 1910 » Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1887)
• 1926 » Charles Wood Irish composer (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy (b. 1868)
• 1929 » Robert Henri, American painter and educator (b. 1865)

• 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 5 » Moldavia and Wallachia formally unite to create the Romanian United Principalities.
• 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 20 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law, opening 84million acres of public land to settlers.
• June 1 » American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: The Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
• August 6 » American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad CSSArkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering catastrophic engine failure near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• December 31 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln signs an act that admits West Virginia to the Union, thus dividing Virginia in two.

The temperature on July 12, 1862 was about 11.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.