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• Adriana de Mooij, Rijnsburg († 1863)
• Andreas Deuss, Born, Limburg, Nederland († 1911)
• Anna Maria van den Boom, Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1919)
• Adriana Lagendijk, Nieuwenhoorn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1862)
• Albert Hellinga, Opeinde, Groningen, Nederland († 1908)
• Antje VEENSTRA, Smallingerland († 1943)
• Adriana Doornenbal, Harmelen, UTR, Nederland († 1864)
• Annigjen Mink, Ambt Hardenbergh, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Gesina Jacoba Raman, Amsterdam, Nederland
• Andreas Deuss, Limbricht, Sittard-Geleen, Limburg, The Netherlands († 1911)

• Cornelis Mantel (3), Opmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Gertrud Hermsen (37), Horsten, Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland
• Aart Luijendijk (0), Klaaswaal
• Elisabeth BERNART (40), Bruxelles,1000,Bruxelles,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Cornelis Spanjerberg (75), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Guilielmus Janssen (0), Antwerpen, België
• Anna Janette Downey (0)
• Beerd Vrijheid (0), Oldebroek
• Elsien van Hemmen (19), Groningen
• Anna Gertrud - Geertruida Hermsen (37), Horsten, Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland

• 1855 » John Hodges, Australian cricketer († 1933)
• 1858 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1930)
• 1860 » Ottó Bláthy, Hungarian engineer and chess player († 1939)
• 1870 » Tom Richardson, English cricketer († 1912)
• 1874 » Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg († 1953)
• 1877 » Adolph M. Christianson, American lawyer and judge († 1954)
• 1878 » Oliver W. F. Lodge, English poet and author († 1955)
• 1881 » Aleksander Aberg, Estonian wrestler († 1920)
• 1884 » Hermann Wlach, Austrian-Swiss actor († 1962)
• 1885 » Stephen Butterworth, English physicist and engineer († 1958)

• 1813 » Henry James Pye, English poet and politician (b. 1745)
• 1851 » Lorenz Oken, German botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (b. 1779)
• 1854 » Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1798)
• 1868 » Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1815)
• 1886 » Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1890 » John Henry Newman, English cardinal and theologian (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
• 1919 » Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)

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.
• March 8 » American Civil War: The Naval Battle of Hampton Roads begins.
• 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.
• May 12 » American Civil War: U.S. federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• May 20 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law, opening 84million acres of public land to settlers.
• December 17 » American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from parts of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.

The temperature on August 11, 1862 was about 18.4 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.