Famous birthdays, deaths and events of 1862
Birthdays
- January 3 - Sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other places (d. 1939)
- January 8 - Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher (d. 1934)
- January 23 - David Hilbert, German mathematician (d. 1943)
- January 24 - Edith Wharton, American writer (d. 1937)
- January 29 - Frederick Delius, English composer (d. 1934)
- February 3 - James Clark McReynolds, American Supreme Court Justice (d. 1946)
- February 17 - Mori Ōgai, Japanese novelist and poet (d. 1922)
- February 27 - Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and shooter (d. 1937)
- March 2 - Boris Borisovich Galitzine, Russian physicist (d. 1916)
- March 4 - Jacob Robert Emden, Swiss astrophysicist and meteorologist (d. 1940)
- March 5 - Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player (d. 1934)
- March 14 - Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist (d. 1961)
- March 17 - Silvio Gesell, Belgian economist (d. 1930)
- March 23 - Nathaniel Reed, American outlaw turned evangelist (d. 1950)
- March 28 - Aristide Briand, French politician
- April 2 - Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University
- April 11 - Charles Evans Hughes, 11th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1948)
- April 11 - William Wallace Campbell, American astronomer (d. 1938)
- May 15 - Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian dramatist and narrator (d. 1931)
- May 19 - Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (d. 1942)
- June 5 - Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist
- June 6 - Henry John Newbolt, English author (d. 1938)
- June 7 - Philipp Lenard, Austrian physicist
- June 10 - Mrs. Leslie Carter, American actress (d. 1937)
- June 21 - Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai prince and historian (d. 1943)
- July 2 - William Henry Bragg, English physicist
- July 14 - Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and graphic artist (d. 1918)
- July 16 - Ida B. Wells, American civil rights activist (d. 1931)
- July 18 - Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich, Russian general (d. 1933)
- August 5 - Joseph Merrick, the "Elephant Man" (d. 1890)
- August 7 - Victoria of Baden, Queen of Sweden (d. 1931)
- August 16 - Amos Alonzo Stagg, American coach (d. 1965)
- August 22 - Claude Debussy, French composer (d. 1918)
- August 26 - Herbert Booth, American son of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1926)
- August 29 - Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928)
- August 29 - Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet Nobel laureate (d. 1949)
- September 2 - Franjo Krežma, Croatian violinist (d. 1881)
- September 9 - Léon Boëllmann, French composer (d. 1897)
- September 11 - O. Henry, American writer (d. 1910)
- September 11 - Julian Byng, British army officer (d. 1935)
- September 21 - James E. Talmage, LDS apostle and author (d. 1933)
- September 25 - Billy Hughes, seventh Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1952)
- October 3 - Johnny Briggs, English cricketer (d. 1902)
- October 4 - Edward Stratemeyer, American author (d. 1930)
- October 13 - Mary Kingsley, English writer and explorer (d. 1900)
- October 19 - Auguste Lumière, French inventor (d. 1954)
- November 3 - Henry George, Jr.
- November 15 - Gerhart Hauptmann, German dramatist
- November 16 - Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (d. 1944)
- November 19 - Billy Sunday, American evangelist (d. 1935)
- November 25 - Ethelbert Nevin, American pianist and composer (d. 1901)
- December 7 - Paul Adam, French novelist (d. 1920)
- December 8 - Georges Feydeau, French playwright (d. 1921)
- December 22 - Connie Mack, American baseball executive (d. 1956)
Deaths
- January 1 - Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801)
- January 10 - Samuel Colt, American inventor (b. 1814)
- January 18 - John Tyler, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)
- February 3 - Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist (b. 1774)
- February 11 - Elizabeth Siddal, British poet and artist (b. 1829)
- February 20 - William Wallace Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln
- February 21 - Justinus Kerner, German poet (b. 1786)
- March 1 - Peter Barlow, English mathematician (b. 1776)
- April 6 - Albert Sidney Johnston, American Confederate general (b. 1803)
- April 10 - W.H.L. Wallace, American Union general (b. 1821)
- May 6 - Henry David Thoreau, American author and philosopher (b. 1817)
- May 21 - John Drew, Irish-born American actor (b. 1827)
- July 5 - Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist (b. 1800)
- July 24 - Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782)
- August 10 - Shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (b. 1829)
- November 11 - James Madison Porter, American politician (b. 1793)
- November 13 - Ludwig Uhland, German poet (b. 1787)
- December 20 - Robert Knox, Scottish surgeon
Events
- January 19 - American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs
- January 24 - Bucharest proclaimed capital of Romania.
- January 30 - The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor is launched.
- January 31 - Alvan Graham Clark observes the first white dwarf star, a companion of Sirius, through an eighteen inch telescope at Northwestern University.
- February 1 - Julia Ward Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic" is published for the first time in the Atlantic Monthly.
- February 6 - American Civil War: Ulysses S. Grant gives the United States its first victory of the war, by capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee, known as the Battle of Fort Henry.
- February 15 - American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant attacks Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
- February 16 - American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
- February 21 - American Civil War: Battle of Valverde fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.
- February 22 - Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.
- March 7 - American Civil War: Battle of Pea Ridge
- March 8 - American Civil War: The iron-clad CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack) is launched at Hampton Roads, Virginia.
- March 9 - American Civil War: The first battle between two ironclad warships, a five-hour battle near Hampton Roads, Virginia between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia, results in a draw.
- March 13 - American Civil War: The U.S. federal government forbids all Union army officers from returning fugitive slaves, thus effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
- March 28 - American Civil War: Battle of Glorieta Pass
- April 5 - American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.
- April 6 - American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins
- April 7 - American Civil War: Battle of Shiloh ends
- April 16 - American Civil War: The Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia.
- April 16 - American Civil War: A bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia becomes law.
- April 20 - The first pasteurization test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard.
- April 24 - American Civil War: A flotilla commanded by Union Admiral David Farragut passes two Confederate forts on the Mississippi River on its way to capture New Orleans, Louisiana.
- April 25 - American Civil War: Forces under Union Admiral David Farragut capture the Confederate city of New Orleans, Louisiana.
- April 28 - American Civil War: Admiral David Farragut captures New Orleans, Louisiana.
- April 29 - American Civil War: New Orleans, Louisiana falls to Union forces under Admiral David Farragut.
- May 5 - Cinco de Mayo in Mexico: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla.
- May 11 - American Civil War: The ironclad CSS Virginia is scuttled in the James River northwest of Norfolk, Virginia.
- May 12 - U.S. federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- May 15 - President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture. it is later renamed the United States Department of Agriculture.
- May 20 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law.
- May 31 - American Civil War Peninsula Campaign: Battle of Seven Pines or (Battle of Fair Oaks)
- June 1 - American Civil War, Peninsula Campaign: Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
- June 4 - American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.
- June 6 - American Civil War: Battle of Memphis
- June 7 - The United States and Britain agree to suppress the slave trade.
- June 8 - American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys
- June 19 - U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying the Dred Scott Case.
- June 20 - Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
- July 1 - The Russian State Library is founded.
- July 1 - American Civil War: The Battle of Malvern Hill takes place, the final battle in the Seven Days Campaign, part of the George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.
- July 4 - Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels.
- July 12 - The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
- July 16 - American Civil War: David Farragut becomes the first United States Navy rear admiral.
- July 23 - American Civil War: Henry W. Halleck takes command of the Union Army.
- July 27 - Sailing from San Francisco to Panama, the SS Golden Gate catches fire and sinks off Manzanillo, Mexico, killing 231.
- August 5 - American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge
- August 6 - American Civil War: the Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering damage in a battle with USS Essex near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- August 9 - American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain
- August 17 - Indian Wars: The Lakota (Sioux) Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Lakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.
- August 17 - American Civil War: Major General JEB Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
- August 18 - Minnesota trader Andrew Myrick is killed and has his mouth stuffed with grass.
- August 19 - 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.
- August 21 - The Vienna Stadtpark opens its gates.
- August 26 - American Civil War: the Second Battle of Bull Run begins.
- August 28 - American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the battle of Second Manassas.
- August 29 - Second Battle of Bull Run
- August 30 - American Civil War: Battle of Richmond: Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout a Union army under General Horatio Wright.
- August 30 - American Civil War: Union forces are defeated in Second Battle of Bull Run.
- September 1 - American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly
- September 2 - American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Battle of Second Bull Run.
- September 4 - Civil War Maryland Campaign General Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
- September 5 - American Civil War: the Potomac River is crossed at White's Ford in the Maryland Campaign.
- September 13 - American Civil War: Union soldiers find a copy of Robert E. Lee's battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland. It is the prelude to the Battle of Antietam.
- September 14 - American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.
- September 15 - American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
- September 17 - American Civil War: George B. McClellan halts the northward drive of Robert E. Lee's Confederate army in the single-day Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American history.
- September 17 - American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.
- September 19 - American Civil War: Battle of Iuka
- September 22 - Slavery in the United States: a preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released.
- October 8 - American Civil War: Battle of Perryville
- October 11 - American Civil War: In the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam, Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart and his men loot Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, during a raid into the north.
- November 5 - American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Union Army for the second and final time.
- November 5 - Indian Wars: In Minnesota, 303 Dakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to hang. 38 are ultimately executed; the others are reprieved.
- November 9 - American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan is removed.
- November 14 - American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln approves General Ambrose Burnside's plan to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia, leading to the Battle of Fredericksburg.
- November 28 - American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General John Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates.
- December 12 - USS Cairo sinks on the Yazoo River, becoming the first armored ship to be sunk by an electrically detonated mine.
- December 13 - American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats the Union Major General Ambrose E. Burnside.
- December 17 - American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.
- December 18 - American Civil War: In the Battle of Lexington, General Nathan Bedford Forrest defeats a Union force under Colonel Robert Ingersoll.
- December 26 - American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins.
- December 26 - Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USS Red Rover are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship.
- December 26 - The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, killing 39.
- December 30 - The USS Monitor sinks off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
- December 31 - American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln signs an act that admits West Virginia to the Union, thus dividing Virginia in two.
- December 31 - American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River is fought near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
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