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• Aaltje Ram, Blankenham, Overijssel, The Netherlands († 1948)
• de Beer
• Boon, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1862)
• Alberdina Postema, Veendam († 1927)
• Albert Bannink, Lochem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• van der Horst, Nijkerk († 1862)
• Agnes Maria Bernardina Zohlandt, Haarlem († 1909)
• Alida Maria Stangenberger, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1937)
• Adrianus Appel, Hoogwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1887)
• Bruinenberg, Steenwijk († 1862)

• Boon (0), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Celestine Hanno (1), Brugge
• aartje maggeltje van der MERWE (0), mijnsheerenland
• Anna Medaerts (0), Gelinden, België
• Alida van Sina (71), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Francisca ( Carron ) Caron (20), Sint-Kruis
• Anna Maria Ossewaarde (0), Sluis
• Bruinenberg (0), Steenwijk, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Alida Maria Vergers (0), Haarlem
• Anna Maria Barbara van der Gaag (0), Voorburg

• 1851 » John Jenkins, American-Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of South Australia († 1923)
• 1852 » Gojong of Korea († 1919)
• 1857 » Georg Michaelis, German academic and politician, 6th Chancellor of Germany († 1936)
• 1863 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint († 1899)
• 1863 » W.W. Jacobs, English novelist and short story writer († 1943)
• 1867 » Alexander Parvus, Belarusian-German theoretician and activist († 1924)
• 1868 » Seth Weeks, American mandolin player, composer, and bandleader († 1953)
• 1869 » José María Pino Suárez, Mexican politician, Vice President of Mexico, murdered in a military coup († 1913)
• 1871 » Samuel McLaughlin, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded the McLaughlin Carriage Company († 1972)
• 1872 » James William McCarthy, American judge († 1939)

• 1784 » Ann Lee, English-American religious leader (b. 1736)
• 1811 » Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist and botanist (b. 1741)
• 1831 » John Aitken, Scottish-American publisher (b. 1745)
• 1853 » Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar, co-founded the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (b. 1813)
• 1882 » Joseph Liouville, French mathematician and academic (b. 1809)
• 1894 » Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist (b. 1821)
• 1909 » Vere St. Leger Goold, Irish tennis player (b. 1853)
• 1916 » Friedrich Baumfelder, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1836)
• 1933 » Faisal I of Iraq (b. 1883)
• 1935 » Carl Weiss, American physician (b. 1906)

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 31 » Alvan Graham Clark discovers the white dwarf star Sirius B, a companion of Sirius, through an 18.5-inch (47cm) telescope now located at Northwestern University.
• May 13 » The USSPlanter, a steamer and gunship, steals through Confederate lines and is passed to the Union, by a southern slave, Robert Smalls, who later was officially appointed as captain, becoming the first black man to command a United States ship.
• June 6 » American Civil War: Battle of Memphis: Union forces capture Memphis, Tennessee, from the Confederates.
• July 4 » Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels.
• November 5 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.
• December 31 » American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

The temperature on September 8, 1862 was about 15.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.