About the day » Monday February 17, 1862Calender converter

• Andries de Weerd, Scherpenzeel († 1868)
• Aaltje Snijder, Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1864)
• Andries van der Hagen, Vlijmen († 1941)
• Aartje Vlug, Breukelen-St. Pieters, Utrecht, Nederland († 1865)
• Adriana Brands, Steenbergen, N-Br, NL († 1897)
• Agnes Emma Friederike König, Arendsee, Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany († 1929)
• Alida de Vries, Lemsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1918)
• Alfred de Croy, Roeulx († 1934)
• Alida Catharina Van Schaik, Nijmegen Gelderland Nederland
• Alida Catharina Elisabeth Polak, Amsterdam (NL)

• Alice V Snow (2), Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Adam GROEN (57), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• antje hartog (73), Oosthuizen
• Antje Jacobsd Hartog (72), Oosthuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Leendertsdr. Welhoek (77), Heenvliet
• Aaltje van Egdom (42), Veenendaal, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anje Jacobsdr Hartog (72), Oosthuizen, Gemeente Zeevang, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Aalbert Staal (0), Putten
• "Anna Petronella" Orbanus (49), Epen, Gulpen-Wittem, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltjen Paalman (Paalgerrits) (60), Deventer

• 1843 » Aaron Montgomery Ward, American businessman, founded Montgomery Ward († 1913)
• 1848 » Louisa Lawson, Australian poet and publisher († 1920)
• 1854 » Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German businessman († 1902)
• 1861 » Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont, duchess of Albany († 1922)
• 1862 » Mori Ōgai, Japanese general, author, and poet († 1922)
• 1864 » Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet († 1941)
• 1864 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak priest, botanist, and painter († 1929)
• 1874 » Thomas J. Watson, American businessman († 1956)
• 1877 » André Maginot, French sergeant and politician († 1932)
• 1877 » Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and author († 1904)

• 1841 » Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1770)
• 1849 » María de las Mercedes Barbudo, Puerto Rican political activist, the first woman Independentista in the island (b. 1773)
• 1854 » John Martin, English painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1789)
• 1856 » Heinrich Heine, German journalist and poet (b. 1797)
• 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
• 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)

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.
• April 25 » American Civil War: Forces under U.S. Admiral David Farragut demand the surrender of the Confederate city of New Orleans, Louisiana.
• July 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Malvern Hill takes place. It is the last of the Seven Days Battles, part of George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.
• August 9 » American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain: At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.
• August 17 » American Indian Wars: The Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Dakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.
• October 11 » American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
• December 1 » In his State of the Union Address President Abraham Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation.

The temperature on February 17, 1862 was about 4.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.