About the day » Wednesday April 16, 1862Calender converter

• Ambrose Bles, New Hamberg, Scott, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1936)
• Adèle Amélie GOHY, Angleur, 62063, Liege, Belgique († 1863)
• Abraham Smeelen, Stratum († 1940)
• Alida Schrama, Bloemendaal († 1939)
• Albert Algera, Baarderadeel († 1921)
• Albert GUILLIAMS, Jeuk, Provincie Limburg, Vlaanderen, Belgie
• Adriana Bouter, Streefkerk, Groot Ammers († 1923)
• ADRIANUS VAN DIJK, ROTTERDAM († 1862)
• Albert Marie CLAEYS, Veurne, 8630, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Anna PATER, Harenkarspel

• Aaltje Alberts Wijnants (4), Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Baukes van der Woude (80), Hallum
• Antonie Schouw (42), Pijnacker
• Antje Baukes van der Woude (80), Hallum
• Jents Johannes Reidinga (64), Idaarderadeel
• Tuijnman (0), Stavenisse
• Antoni Schouw (42), Pijnakker
• Antje Cornelisdochter KEET (71), Monnickendam, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Brugman (22), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Verschoor (0), Giessendam

• 1847 » Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland († 1906)
• 1848 » Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist († 1919)
• 1851 » Ponnambalam Ramanathan, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 3rd Solicitor General of Sri Lanka († 1930)
• 1864 » Rose Talbot Bullard, American medical doctor and professor († 1915)
• 1865 » Harry Chauvel, Australian general († 1945)
• 1866 » José de Diego, Puerto Rican journalist, lawyer, and politician († 1918)
• 1867 » Wilbur Wright, American inventor († 1912)
• 1871 » John Millington Synge, Irish author, poet, and playwright († 1909)
• 1874 » Jōtarō Watanabe, Japanese general († 1936)
• 1878 » R. E. Foster, English cricketer and footballer († 1914)

• 1828 » Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and illustrator (b. 1746)
• 1846 » Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (b. 1763)
• 1850 » Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (b. 1761)
• 1859 » Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1805)
• 1879 » Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (b. 1844)
• 1888 » Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (b. 1845)
• 1899 » Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1875)
• 1904 » Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (b. 1888)
• 1904 » Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (b. 1812)
• 1914 » George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838)

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. Mary
16. Elizabeth

• 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.
• June 20 » Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
• August 19 » American 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.
• September 8 » Millennium of Russia monument is unveiled in Novgorod.
• September 19 » American Civil War: Union troops under William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by Sterling Price.
• November 7 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside was assigned to command the Army of the Potomac in Antietam, Maryland. After Union General George B. McClellan refused to pursue Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia after their retreat from the Battle of Antietam.
• 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.

The temperature on April 16, 1862 was about 11.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%.