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• Barendregt, Strijen, 3291, Nederland († 1862)
• Agatha Maria Baart, Alkmaar, Nederland († 1948)
• Anna Maria COOMANS, Dordrecht († 1862)
• Adolphine Desirée Vandersteenen, Namur
• Alida Wilhelmina Elisabeth van Muijden, Amsterdam
• Anna Margaretha Schoenmakers, Loon op Zand († 1943)
• Antonetta Kop, Etten
• Aaltje van Kempen, Sloten
• Anna Catharina Meeussen, Brecht (B) († 1864)
• Anna Catharina Jacobs († 1936)

• Adriana Plug (36), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jans Slot van Oosten (85), Hoogeveen nederland
• Aaltje Lap (39), Den Helder
• Ann COOKE (33)
• Aaltje Jans van Oosten (77), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anne Marie COEMOTH (76), Walhorn, 4711, Liège, Belgique
• Aaltje Jans Slot van Oosten (77), Hollandscheveld (Hoogeveen) 219
• Anna Angelina Swildens (75), Grevenbicht
• Adriana Johanna Vijselaar (59), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• ANNA MARIA CONSTANTIA VAN LISSUM (2), TURNHOUT (B)

• 1853 » Albrecht Kossel, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1927)
• 1858 » Bonar Law, Canadian-Scottish banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1923)
• 1858 » Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician († 1927)
• 1859 » Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, President of the Republic of China († 1916)
• 1861 » Miriam Benjamin, African-American educator and inventor († 1947)
• 1866 » Georg Voigt, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg († 1927)
• 1870 » John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician († 1958)
• 1875 » James Cash Penney, American businessman and philanthropist, founded J. C. Penney († 1971)
• 1876 » Marvin Hart, American boxer († 1931)
• 1877 » Jacob Schick, American-Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Schick Razors († 1937)

• 1819 » John Jeffries, American physician and surgeon (b. 1744)
• 1824 » Louis XVIII of France (b. 1755)
• 1843 » Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1770)
• 1845 » Thomas Davis, Irish poet and publisher (b. 1814)
• 1865 » Christian de Meza, Danish general (b. 1792)
• 1887 » Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (b. 1841)
• 1896 » Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Pavlos Kalligas, Greek jurist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (b. 1827)
• 1911 » Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (b. 1840)

• 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.
• May 1 » American Civil War: The Union Army completes its capture of New Orleans.
• 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.
• August 5 » American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge: Along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats.
• September 14 » American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.
• 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 » The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, where 38 Native Americans died.

The temperature on September 16, 1862 was about 18.4 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.