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• Adrianus Franciscus Janssens, Oisterwijk († 1955)
• Anna Maria Margaretha Johanna Quint, Lienden (GL) († 1916)
• Adriana Jacoba Mooy, Raamsdonk,Gemeente Geertruidenberg,North Brabant,Netherlands († 1927)
• Anna Maria - Mary Veenker, Valthermond, Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 1907)
• Antje Oebeles van der Hoek, Surhuisterveen, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1889)
• Adriana Johanna HOLLANDER, Rotterdam
• Annigjen Ekkelenkamp, Bergentheim
• Alberdina Kruger, Avereest, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1921)
• adriana den bouw, oud-alblas, molenlanden, zuid holland, nederland
• Aafje Riemers, Den Helder N.H († 1934)

• Alardus Willems (58), Druten
• Cynthia Ann Day (30)
• Albert Jans van Rijssen (73), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aafje Komen (54), Hoogwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Albert van Kuiper Rijssen (73), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Allan Napier McNab (64), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
• Alardus Joannes WILLEMS (58), Druten
• Albert Jans van Rijssen (73), Oldebroek, Nederland
• Asbury Newton Jones (21), Cleveland County, North Carolina
• Bastiaan van der Hee (46), Bergambacht

• 1851 » George Turner, Australian politician, 18th Premier of Victoria († 1916)
• 1856 » Thomas Anstey Guthrie, English journalist and author († 1934)
• 1857 » Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer († 1944)
• 1866 » Matthew Henson, American explorer († 1955)
• 1874 » Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, President of the Board of Trade († 1948)
• 1875 » Arthur Bernardes, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 12th President of Brazil († 1955)
• 1876 » Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian-Syrian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute († 1929)
• 1879 » Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous († 1950)
• 1879 » Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general and politician († 1919)
• 1880 » Earle Page, Australian lawyer, academic, and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia († 1961)

• 1827 » George Canning, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
• 1828 » Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist and psychologist (b. 1743)
• 1858 » Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur, Haitian Empress (b. 1758)
• 1863 » Angus MacAskill, Scottish-Canadian giant (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (b. 1797)
• 1887 » Alexander William Doniphan, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1808)
• 1897 » Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (b. 1818)
• 1898 » Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)
• 1902 » James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1902 » John Henry Twachtman, American painter and academic (b. 1853)

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.
• April 12 » American Civil War: The Andrews Raid (the Great Locomotive Chase) occurs, starting from Big Shanty, Georgia (now Kennesaw).
• August 19 » American Indian Wars: During an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way.
• September 1 » American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly: Confederate Army troops defeat a group of retreating Union Army troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
• September 17 » American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.
• September 22 » A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released by Abraham Lincoln.
• October 8 » American Civil War: The Confederate invasion of Kentucky is halted at the Battle of Perryville.

The temperature on August 8, 1862 was about 15.6 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.