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• Alida Elisabeth Palte, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1923)
• Laurens Koster, Franeker
• Aaffien Bolt, Ten Boer, Nederland († 1947)
• Aaltje de Jonge, Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands(Roswinkel)
• Johannes Steentjes, Naaldwijk († 1941)
• Anna Cornelia de Hoon, Rijsbergen († 1947)
• Anne Marie SEILER, (Althorn) Goetzenbruck, Moselle, Grand Est, France († 1930)
• Aaltje Barelds Schuiling, Emmen († 1864)
• Anne Wierdsma, Franeker, Friesland, Nederland
• Aleida Berendina PIEK, Aalten, Nederland, Gelderland, Bredevoort († 1938)

• Aaltje Reinders Wielinga, Koarnjum, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie Tuit (32), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Janssen van Someren (65), Meijel, Limburg, Nederland
• Arie Tuit (32), Scheveningen
• Bastiaan Arie Warnaar (0), Spijkenisse
• Charlotte Marie HENTSCH (44)
• Anna Geerds Boekhoff (68), Esklum, Leer, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
• Antoon JANSSEN VAN SOMEREN (65), Meijel, Limburg, Nederland
• Carel Derksen (63), Hall (Brummen)
• Angelique Seynaeve, St.-Eloois-Vijve

• 1856 » Ivan Franko, Ukrainian author and poet († 1916)
• 1858 » Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician and philosopher († 1932)
• 1864 » Hermann Weingärtner, German gymnast († 1919)
• 1865 » Charles G. Dawes, American general and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate († 1951)
• 1865 » James Henry Breasted, American archaeologist and historian († 1935)
• 1868 » Hong Beom-do, Korean general and activist († 1943)
• 1870 » Amado Nervo, Mexican journalist, poet, and diplomat († 1919)
• 1871 » Theodore Dreiser, American novelist and journalist († 1945)
• 1874 » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1940)
• 1875 » Katharine McCormick, American biologist, philanthropist, and activist († 1967)

• 1828 » Eise Eisinga, Dutch astronomer and academic, built the Eisinga Planetarium (b. 1744)
• 1857 » Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American anthologist, poet, and critic (b. 1815)
• 1865 » Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician (b. 1796)
• 1871 » William Whiting Boardman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1794)
• 1875 » William Chapman Ralston, American businessman and financier, founded the Bank of California (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (b. 1816)
• 1903 » Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (b. 1827)
• 1909 » Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Reşat Çiğiltepe, Turkish colonel (b. 1879)
• 1929 » Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (b. 1892)

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 5 » Moldavia and Wallachia formally unite to create the Romanian United Principalities.
• 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.
• May 5 » Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.
• September 19 » American Civil War: Union troops under William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by Sterling Price.
• November 28 » American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates.
• December 26 » Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USSRed Rover are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship.

The temperature on August 27, 1862 was about 17.0 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.