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• Alida de PINTO, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Aagje Neeltje den Uijl, Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1927)
• Antonie van Gils, Terheyden († 1865)
• Andreas TIMMERMANS, Baarlo, Limburg, Netherlands († 1953)
• Antje de Graaf, Wieringerwaard
• Aaltje Bom, Breukelen Nijenrode, Utrecht, Nederland († 1900)
• Anne Hofsteenge, Niekerk, Oldekerk, Groningen, Nederland († 1870)
• Anna Oudshoorn, Zoeterwoude († 1862)
• Andreas Timmermans, Baarlo († 1953)
• Antje Ariens de Graaf, Wieringerwaard († 1909)

• Anna Francisca HUYLENBROECK (87), Hamme,9220,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Catharina Elisabeth van Wulven (50), Naarden
• David Shellenberger (92), Fayette City, Juniata, Pennsylvania, United States
• Alida Catharina van Egmond (47), Haarlem
• Alida van Egmond (47), Haarlem
• Aaltje Westerbeek (1), Meppel
• Ameliana Francisca WAERKELLE (70), Westkapelle,West Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Christian Treude (0), Weidenhausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Augustin Louis (55), Dour,, Hainaut, Belgique
• Dirk van der Noot (0), Gemeente Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1840 » John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician († 1929)
• 1850 » Reginald Heber Roe, English-Australian swimmer, tennis player, and academic († 1926)
• 1856 » Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia († 1919)
• 1860 » William Kennedy Dickson, French-Scottish actor, director, and producer († 1935)
• 1863 » Géza Gárdonyi, Hungarian author and journalist († 1922)
• 1867 » Stanley Baldwin, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1947)
• 1871 » Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and scholar († 1929)
• 1872 » Haakon VII of Norway († 1957)
• 1886 » Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright († 1964)
• 1887 » Rupert Brooke, English poet († 1915)

• 1835 » Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1767)
• 1839 » Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator (b. 1763)
• 1857 » Eugène Sue, French author and politician (b. 1804)
• 1866 » Gábor Klauzál, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1804)
• 1867 » Philipp August Böckh, German historian and scholar (b. 1785)
• 1877 » William B. Ogden, American businessman and politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1879 » Joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793)
• 1894 » George Inness, American painter (b. 1825)
• 1913 » William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Roger Casement, Irish poet and activist (b. 1864)

• 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.
• May 15 » President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture. It is later renamed the United States Department of Agriculture.
• June 7 » The United States and the United Kingdom agree in the Lyons–Seward Treaty to suppress the African slave trade.
• June 9 » American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson concludes his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic; his tactics during the campaign are now studied by militaries around the world.
• July 15 » The CSS Arkansas, the most effective ironclad on the Mississippi River, battles with Union ships commanded by Admiral David Farragut, severely damaging three ships and sustaining heavy damage herself. The encounter changed the complexion of warfare on the Mississippi and helped to reverse Rebel fortunes on the river in the summer of 1862.
• November 7 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside was assigned to command the Army of the Potomac in Antietam, Maryland. After Union General George B. McClellan refused to pursue Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia after their retreat from the Battle of Antietam.

The temperature on August 3, 1862 was about 18.8 °C. There was 17 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%.