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• Annie Spivey, Columbus County, North Carolina († 1926)
• Arnoldus Mulder, Haarlem († 1907)
• Aaltje Bouwhuis, Nijeveen, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antoon Janssen, Gendt, Gelderland, Nederland
• Hendrikus Vosgezang, Elsen († 1944)
• Anna Maria Borghoff, Amsterdam († 1945)
• Anna Maria Bröcker, Wellendorf
• Antonetta Maria VAN DEN WILDENBERG, Dussen Munster en Muilkerk (NL/NB) († 1924)
• Anna Catharina Wurm, Millen
• Anna Maria Borghoff, Burgerlijke Stand, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1945)

• Angelina Josepha Vallentijn (40), Kontich, Provincie Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgi√´
• Antje Jakobs Scheper (37), Blija, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Augustus Joannes KEMPYNCK (55), Nieuwpoort, 38016, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Aaltje Folkerts Draaisma (58), Harlingen
• Catharina (Trijntje) Dekker (44), Bloemendaal,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernhard Karl v.SA-Weimar (70), Liebenstein/SA
• Anna VISSER (2), Utrecht,,NETHERLANDS
• Anna Gertrudis Rambags (74), Venray
• Albartus Hendrikus van Burink (1), Harderwijk
• Antje Jakobs Scheper (37), Blija

• 1843 » Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and author († 1918)
• 1847 » Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer († 1905)
• 1854 » José Canalejas, Spanish academic and politician, Prime Minister of Spain († 1912)
• 1858 » Marion Talbot, influential American educator († 1948)
• 1858 » Richard Dixon Oldham, English seismologist and geologist († 1936)
• 1860 » Mary Vaux Walcott, American painter and illustrator († 1940)
• 1867 » S. S. Kresge, American businessman, founded Kmart († 1966)
• 1875 » Jacques Villon, French painter († 1963)
• 1877 » Louisa Bolus, South African botanist and taxonomist († 1970)
• 1880 » Premchand, Indian author and playwright († 1936)

• 1805 » Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian soldier (b. 1756)
• 1864 » Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (b. 1800)
• 1875 » Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (b. 1808)
• 1884 » Kiến Phúc, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1869)
• 1886 » Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Jean-Baptiste Capronnier, Belgian stained glass painter (b. 1814)
• 1913 » John Milne, British geologist and mining engineer. (b. 1850)
• 1914 » Jean Jaurès, French journalist and politician (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Francis Ledwidge, Irish soldier and poet (b. 1881)
• 1917 » Hedd Wyn, Welsh language poet (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.
• July 1 » Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, second daughter of Queen Victoria, marries Prince Louis of Hesse, the future Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse.
• July 1 » The Russian State Library is founded as the Library of the Moscow Public Museum.
• September 4 » American Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
• September 15 » American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia (present-day Harpers Ferry, West Virginia).
• November 5 » American Indian Wars: In Minnesota, 303 Dakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to hang. 38 are ultimately executed and the others reprieved.

The temperature on July 31, 1862 was about 18.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.