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• Aaltje van de Kuit, Maartensdijk († 1864)
• Aaltje Van der Haar, Hasselt, Overijssel, The Netherlands († 1930)
• Camillus Casier, Emelgem
• Alfonce Louis DELORYS, Granville, 50218, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France († 1939)
• Agatha Elisabeth Verboon, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1863)
• Anthonij Bakhuizen, Vlaardingen († 1871)
• Bartel Pieters Gunstra, Schalsum, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1940)
• Anje Kornelis KREMER, Uithuizen, Hefshuizen, Eemsmond, Groningen, Nederland
• Adolph Sesier, Zarren († 1863)
• anna Gerharda REICH, Amsterdam († 1934)

• Bregtje Maria Salm (29), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bart Augustinus (66), Lienden
• Alida Petronella Krul (0), 's-Gravenhage
• Catharina Adriana Thomese (63), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Schuit (55), Hoogwoud
• Anna Eissler (77), Öschingen, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Allen Hill Bryan (40), Lawrence, Tennessee, United States
• Carolus Ludovicus Spruytte (33), Staden
• Alida Petronella Krul (0), Den Haag
• Albertus Maximilianus Nieuwpoort (0), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1842 » Hermann Cohen, German philosopher († 1918)
• 1845 » Thomas John Barnardo, Irish philanthropist and humanitarian († 1905)
• 1847 » James Anthony Bailey, American circus ringmaster, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus († 1906)
• 1854 » Victor Babeș, Romanian physician and biologist († 1926)
• 1868 » Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic († 1921)
• 1871 » Hubert Cecil Booth, English engineer († 1955)
• 1872 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States († 1933)
• 1874 » John McPhee, Australian journalist and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania († 1952)
• 1880 » Victor Kraft, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1975)
• 1881 » Ulysses S. Grant III, American general († 1968)

• 1826 » John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (b. 1735)
• 1831 » James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States (b. 1758)
• 1848 » François-René de Chateaubriand, French historian and politician (b. 1768)
• 1850 » William Kirby, English entomologist and author (b. 1759)
• 1854 » Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German academic and jurist (b. 1781)
• 1857 » William L. Marcy, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st United States Secretary of State (b. 1786)
• 1881 » Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish philosopher and politician (b. 1806)
• 1882 » Joseph Brackett, American composer and author (b. 1797)
• 1886 » Poundmaker, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1797)
• 1891 » Hannibal Hamlin, American lawyer and politician, 15th Vice President of the United States (b. 1809)

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 10 » American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina.
• April 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.
• June 20 » Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
• September 5 » American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia crosses the Potomac River at White's Ford in the Maryland Campaign.
• September 8 » Millennium of Russia monument is unveiled in Novgorod.
• September 17 » American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.

The temperature on July 4, 1862 was about 11.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.