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• Anna Catharina Cornelia Snijders, Beegden, Limburg, Netherlands († 1982)
• Loggere, ambarawa java
• Arris Hardeman, Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alida Johanna Beeckman, Utrecht († 1912)
• Aaltje Carolus Kil, Dronrijp, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonie Pieter van Dalen, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Anna Hendrika Brouwer, Wierden, Overijssel, Nederland († 1932)
• Belia Frank, Zierikzee († 1939)
• Anaïse DAUBENFELD, Bruille-Saint-Amand... Hauts de France
• Aaltje Carolus Kil, Dronrijp, Nederland († 1947)

• N.N. (0), Voorburg
• Clementina Seghers (26), Temse
• Andries Koole (57), Cadzand, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anne Augustine MICHEL (57), Orpierre,05700, Frankrijk
• Andriesje Baas (0), Kloosterveen (Smilde), Drenthe, Nederland
• Coleta Goethals (70), Sleidinge
• (59), Vlaardingen, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Snoek (75), Ursem
• Adrianus Ballemaker (0), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Afke Jilderts Tuinstra (68), Rotsterhaule, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland

• 1844 » Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader († 1929)
• 1853 » John Henry Twachtman, American painter, etcher, and academic († 1902)
• 1859 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1952)
• 1867 » Jake Beckley, American baseball player and coach († 1918)
• 1870 » Harry Lauder, Scottish actor and singer († 1950)
• 1871 » William Holman, English-Australian politician, 19th Premier of New South Wales († 1934)
• 1876 » Giovanni Giuriati, Italian lawyer and politician († 1970)
• 1876 » John Scaddan, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Western Australia († 1934)
• 1884 » Béla Balázs, Hungarian poet and critic († 1949)
• 1884 » Henri Cornet, French cyclist († 1941)

• 1804 » Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, Scottish admiral (b. 1731)
• 1822 » Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Estonian poet and author (b. 1801)
• 1844 » Jacob Aall, Norwegian economist, historian, and politician (b. 1773)
• 1859 » John Vianney, French priest and saint (b. 1786)
• 1873 » Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (b. 1834)
• 1875 » Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1805)
• 1886 » Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of New York (b. 1814)
• 1900 » Isaac Levitan, Russian painter and educator (b. 1860)
• 1914 » Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (b. 1853)
• 1919 » Dave Gregory, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1845)

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 6 » American Civil War: Forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote give the Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee in the Battle of Fort Henry.
• February 16 » American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
• July 23 » American Civil War: Henry Halleck takes command of the Union Army.
• August 17 » American Indian Wars: The Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Dakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.
• 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 August 4, 1862 was about 19.4 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.