About the day » Saturday March 1, 1862Calender converter

• Adriana Severijnen, Princenhage († 1871)
• Albert Jellesz. Hakvoort, Urk († 1946)
• Ankje Johannes Adema, Buitenpost, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1912)
• Alida Roffelsen, Frederiksoord († 1933)
• Ankje Adema, Buitenpost
• Allen Petty "Pet" Apperson, Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas
• van Beers, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1862)
• Albin BILLION, Cerfontaine, Namur, Wallonie, Belgique († 1941)
• Gitte, Terneuzen († 1862)
• Anna Barbara Amkreutz, Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland

• Albertus Bernardus Welbergen (0), Groningen
• van der Meer (0), Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adriaan van Zundert (29), Made en Drimmelen, Nederland
• Anamaria Livingston (30)
• Adriaan van den Kieboom (75), Raamsdonk, Provincie Noord Brabant Nederland
• van Beers (0), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Beek (61), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Haring (0), Delft
• Adrianus van den Kieboom (75), Raamsdonk
• * Jan (1) Hoogwerf (0), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, NL

• 1837 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, playwright, and critic († 1920)
• 1842 » Nikolaos Gyzis, Greek painter and academic († 1901)
• 1848 » Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Irish-American sculptor and academic († 1907)
• 1852 » Théophile Delcassé, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1923)
• 1863 » Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and set designer († 1930)
• 1870 » E. M. Antoniadi, Greek-French astronomer and academic († 1944)
• 1876 » Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian businessman († 1942)
• 1880 » Lytton Strachey, British writer and critic († 1932)
• 1886 » Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian-Swiss painter, poet, and playwright († 1980)
• 1888 » Ewart Astill, English cricketer and billiards player († 1948)

• 1841 » Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1764)
• 1862 » Peter Barlow, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1776)
• 1875 » Tristan Corbière, French poet and educator (b. 1845)
• 1882 » Theodor Kullak, German pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician and academic (b. 1820)
• 1906 » José María de Pereda, Spanish author (b. 1833)
• 1911 » Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1914 » Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, English soldier and politician, 8th Governor General of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1920 » John H. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Pichichi, Spanish footballer (b. 1892)

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 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 23 » American Civil War: The First Battle of Kernstown, Virginia, marks the start of Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Although a Confederate defeat, the engagement distracts Federal efforts to capture Richmond.
• April 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.
• September 15 » American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia (present-day Harpers Ferry, West Virginia).
• October 11 » American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

The temperature on March 1, 1862 was about 2.0 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.