About the day » Wednesday January 29, 1862Calender converter

• Aaltje Klazes Holman, Leek († 1936)
• IJFS, Koedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1862)
• Albertus Konter, Vollenhoven
• Adriana Kemp, Willeskop, Utrecht, NL
• "Lucie" Marie Josephine de Bare de Comogne, Gand († 1920)
• Adriana Teunisd Middelkoop, Schoonrewoerd, zh.nld († 1939)
• Abraham Pieter Blokzeil, Rotterdam († 1862)
• Aaltje Meijers, Den Helder (NH, NLD) († 1946)
• Albertus Bijl, Maasbommel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1943)
• Adriana SNOEREN, Oosterhout

• Alegonda Smite (89), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Catharina Devijver (1), Bierbeek, België
• Alijda Wilbers (49), Bemmel (GE, NLD)
• Anna Cornelia van WAGENINGEN (20), Dordrecht
• Adrianus Rombouts (69), Eersel
• Aleida Hebing (70), Zeddam (ge,nld)
• Alida de Lange (38), Ter Aar (Papenveer)
• Anna Christina Elisabeth Scholten (65), Groningen
• Adrianus Cornelis Lichte (6), Bergen op Zoom
• Abram van der Graaf (42), Dubbeldam

• 1852 » Frederic Hymen Cowen, Jamaican-English pianist, composer, and conductor († 1935)
• 1858 » Henry Ward Ranger, American painter and academic († 1916)
• 1860 » Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer († 1904)
• 1861 » Florida Ruffin Ridley, African-American civil rights activist, teacher, editor, and writer († 1943)
• 1862 » Frederick Delius, English composer († 1934)
• 1866 » Julio Peris Brell, Spanish painter († 1944)
• 1866 » Romain Rolland, French historian, author, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1944)
• 1867 » Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Spanish journalist and author († 1928)
• 1870 » Süleyman Nazif, Turkish poet and civil servant († 1927)
• 1874 » John D. Rockefeller, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist († 1960)

• 1820 » George III of the United Kingdom (b. 1738)
• 1829 » István Pauli, Hungarian-Slovenian priest and poet (b. 1760)
• 1829 » Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras, French captain and politician (b. 1755)
• 1870 » Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)
• 1871 » Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian author (b. 1786)
• 1888 » Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator (b. 1812)
• 1899 » Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (b. 1839)
• 1906 » Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
• 1928 » Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (b. 1861)

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 16 » Hartley Colliery disaster: Two hundred and four men and boys killed in a mining disaster, prompting a change in UK law which henceforth required all collieries to have at least two independent means of escape.
• April 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins: In Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.
• June 7 » The United States and the United Kingdom agree in the Lyons–Seward Treaty to suppress the African slave trade.
• June 9 » American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson concludes his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic; his tactics during the campaign are now studied by militaries around the world.
• November 28 » American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates.
• December 26 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins.

The temperature on January 29, 1862 was about 7.4 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.