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• Anna Christina Brouwer, Nieuwer Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1874)
• Anna Maria van Grinsveen (Grinsven, Grunsven), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1863)
• Anna Christina Brouwer, Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1874)
• Amelia Moolhuijsen, Amsterdam, NH, The Netherlands
• Antje Sipkes Dijkstra, Terzool, Friesland, Nederland († 1949)
• van Kessel, Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annechien Geerts Smit, Anloo, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1872)
• Adriana Taal, scheveningen († 1910)
• Albert Kroes, Oldebroek, Nederland († 1932)
• Anna Maria van Grinsveen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1863)

• Bartje van Rijswijk (0), Wijk
• Arij Prins (0), Egmond aan Zee, prov. Noord Holland
• Cornelis Walet (42), Leusden
• Barbara Elisabeth van Brussel (7), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bastiaan Kastelijn (74), Sommelsdijk
• Bastiaan Aartszn. Sloof (66), Charlois (Rotterdam)
• Anna Catharina De Boeck (63), Jette,, Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique
• Curtis Blakely (81), Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky, United States
• Anna Maria Samuels (76), Someren
• Crecia Hengeveld (3), Elburg, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1847 » Susanna Rubinstein, Austrian psychologist († 1914)
• 1851 » Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright and critic († 1929)
• 1853 » Chulalongkorn, Siamese king († 1910)
• 1861 » Herbert Putnam, American lawyer and publisher, 8th Librarian of Congress († 1955)
• 1872 » Maurice Gamelin, French general († 1958)
• 1873 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian race car driver († 1944)
• 1873 » Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1949)
• 1875 » Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician († 1921)
• 1876 » Carleton Ellis, American inventor and chemist († 1941)
• 1878 » Upton Sinclair, American novelist, critic, and essayist († 1968)

• 1839 » Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet, English admiral (b. 1769)
• 1840 » José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, Consul of Paraguay (b. 1766)
• 1845 » Matvei Gedenschtrom, Russian explorer and public servant (b. 1780)
• 1852 » Philander Chase, American bishop and educator, founded Kenyon College (b. 1775)
• 1855 » José Trinidad Reyes, Honduran priest and educator (b. 1797)
• 1863 » Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist (b. 1785)
• 1884 » Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist and author (b. 1802)
• 1898 » Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (b. 1819)
• 1906 » Robert R. Hitt, American politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1834)
• 1908 » Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (b. 1844)

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.
• January 19 » American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs: The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.
• February 10 » American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina.
• February 21 » American Civil War: Battle of Valverde is fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.
• April 16 » American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law.
• July 23 » American Civil War: Henry Halleck takes command of the Union Army.
• September 2 » American Civil War: United States President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.

The temperature on September 20, 1862 was about 17.9 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.