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• Albert Schuitema, Slochteren
• Anna Tilman, Hoogemeeden, gem. Aduard, Groningen, Nederland († 1947)
• Adriaan van Buul, Nieuwkuijk († 1862)
• Anna Maria Kramer, Rotterdam,Zuid Holland,Nederland
• adriana hoedeman, stad a/h haringvliet (goeree overflakkee) († 1936)
• Andr√© WALTHER, Pfetterhouse (68480, Haut-Rhin, France) († 1862)
• Angela Litsch, Schleich, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany († 1939)
• Anna Klaas TILMAN, Hoogemeeden, Aduard, Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland († 1947)
• Alouisius Joannes Gijsen, Delft († 1941)
• Adelaide Vigneau, Natashquan, QC, Canada († 1885)

• Maria Josephina Dauw (67), Breda
• Catharina van de Kerkhof (0), Boekel
• Clara Jans Stolk (62), Maassluis
• Aldegonde Gossens (52), Broekhuizenvorst, Broekhuizen, Limburg, Niederlande
• Adriana Paasse (72), Leiden
• CLARA STOLK (62), MAASSLUIS
• Barbara Strubbe (39), Aartrijke
• Clement Reid Fariss (31), Antietam, Sharpsburg, Maryland, Verenigde Staten
• Christian Lümmel (20), Sassenhausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Bernardus Martens (73), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1857 » Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist and engineer († 1935)
• 1859 » Billy the Kid, American gunman († 1881)
• 1859 » Frank Dawson Adams, Canadian geologist and academic († 1942)
• 1859 » I. L. Patterson, American politician, 18th Governor of Oregon († 1929)
• 1860 » Mihkel Martna, Estonian journalist and politician († 1934)
• 1864 » James Tancred, English admiral († 1943)
• 1864 » Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, Ukrainian writer († 1913)
• 1865 » William Murray McPherson, Australian politician, 31st Premier of Victoria († 1932)
• 1867 » Vera Yevstafievna Popova, Russian chemist († 1896)
• 1868 » James Alexander Calder, Canadian educator and politician, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence († 1956)

• 1836 » Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist and author (b. 1748)
• 1852 » Francisco Javier Echeverría, Mexican businessman and politician. President (1841) (b. 1797)
• 1858 » Dred Scott, American slave (b. 1795)
• 1863 » Alfred de Vigny, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1797)
• 1863 » Charles Robert Cockerell, English archaeologist and architect (b. 1788)
• 1864 » Walter Savage Landor, English author and poet (b. 1775)
• 1868 » Roman Nose, Native American warrior (b. circa 1823)
• 1877 » Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer, developed the Calotype Process (b. 1800)
• 1878 » Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, French lawyer and adventurer (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect and theorist (b. 1814)

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 15 » American Civil War: Confederates commanded by Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd attack General Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces Fort Donelson, Tennessee. Unable to break the fort's encirclement, Lloyd surrenders the following day.
• April 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins: In Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.
• April 16 » American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law.
• June 5 » As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
• 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 6 » American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad CSSArkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering catastrophic engine failure near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The temperature on September 17, 1862 was about 18.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%.