About the day » Thursday July 3, 1862Calender converter

• († 1922)
• Aaltje Abbenes, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Zimmeren, Oud-en Nieuw Gastel
• Anna Jonker, Oude-Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1911)
• Aartje Gerarda Meerdink, Zeist († 1869)
• Anna von Keitz, Eichenau, Landkreis Fulda, Hessen, Duitsland († 1922)
• Anna Maria Sonntag († 1938)
• Adolf Brandt, Krotoszyn, Wlkp., Poland († 1943)
• Aaltje (Alida) Frasa, Houten († 1938)
• Anne Marie SCHATTE, Aniche,59580,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE

• Annigjen Jans Engberts (76), Arriën
• Benoit Auguste LEYS (43), Dunkerque... Hauts de France
• Antonius Dielemans (0), Princenhage, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Auguste van der Vorst (61), Velke Levare (Groot-Schützen), Bratislava, Slowakije
• Albert Hilberts Drijver (8), Ooststellingwerf
• Baukje Durks van der Bijl (40), Burum, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Sipkes Westra (68), Hitzum, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Bouwman- (0), Ommelanderwijk, Nederland
• Augusta von Vorst-Lombeck (60), Gro-Schtzen
• Artemas Brigham (86)

• 1851 » Charles Bannerman, English-Australian cricketer and umpire († 1930)
• 1854 » Leoš Janáček, Czech composer and theorist († 1928)
• 1860 » Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author († 1935)
• 1866 » Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter († 1906)
• 1869 » Svend Kornbeck, Danish actor († 1933)
• 1870 » R. B. Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Canada († 1947)
• 1871 » William Henry Davies, Welsh poet and writer (d.1940)
• 1874 » Jean Collas, French rugby player and tug of war competitor († 1928)
• 1875 » Ferdinand Sauerbruch, German surgeon and academic († 1951)
• 1876 » Ralph Barton Perry, American philosopher and academic († 1957)

• 1809 » Joseph Quesnel, French-Canadian composer and playwright (b. 1746)
• 1863 » George Hull Ward, American general (b. 1826)
• 1863 » Little Crow, American tribal leader (b. 1810)
• 1881 » Hasan Tahsini, Albanian astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1811)
• 1887 » Clay Allison, American rancher (b. 1841)
• 1888 » Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, Vietnamese poet and author (b. 1822)
• 1904 » Édouard Beaupré, Canadian giant and strongman (b. 1881)
• 1904 » Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist and playwright (b. 1860)
• 1908 » Joel Chandler Harris, American journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1916 » Hetty Green, American businesswoman and financier (b. 1834)

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.
• May 12 » American Civil War: U.S. federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• July 16 » American Civil War: David Farragut is promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank.
• September 2 » American Civil War: United States President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
• 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.

The temperature on July 3, 1862 was about 17.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.