About the day » Saturday December 13, 1862Calender converter

• Alida Johanna STALLINGA, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1934)
• * Pleuntje Hoogwerf, Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1875)
• Amandus Cobbaut, Denderhoutem, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgie († 1940)
• Anna Hendrika Margrieta Dalhuisen, Epe, Nederland († 1891)
• Alletta Christina Westerveld
• Amelie MOSTREY, Werken
• Agnes Mormann (m: Schoenberg) († 1938)
• Alke Vos, Stadskanaal Gem. Onstwedde. Sources 15, 16 († 1939)
• Anna Maria Scheffer, Messingen
• Adrianus van der Burg, Est en Opijnen (GL) († 1942)

• Cornelia Driesen (34), Raamsdonksveer, Provincie Noord Brabant Nederland
• Christina Faasen (60), Oud Vossemeer, Zeeland, Nederland
• Catherine Amelie Deckx (1), Lembeek, Belgie
• Anna Norberta Brokken (45), Tilburg
• August Constant Sprock (0), Hoorn
• Cornelia Busio, Raamsdonk
• Cornelia Busio (69), Raamsdonk
• Corneille ( Cornélis ) Ghislain FAUQUET (64), Hamme-Mille
• Allen Wilson Corbett (25), Fredericksburg, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Aafke Geerligs (28)

• 1854 » Herman Bavinck, Dutch philosopher, theologian, and academic († 1921)
• 1856 » Svetozar Boroević, Croatian-Austrian field marshal († 1920)
• 1860 » Lucien Guitry, French actor († 1925)
• 1864 » Emil Seidel, American woodcarver and politician, 36th Mayor of Milwaukee († 1947)
• 1867 » Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and author († 1917)
• 1870 » Edward LeSaint, American actor and director († 1940)
• 1871 » Emily Carr, Canadian painter and author († 1945)
• 1874 » Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist and educator († 1944)
• 1882 » Jane Edna Hunter, African-American social worker († 1971)
• 1883 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer († 1950)

• 1837 » Herman of Alaska, Russian missionary and saint (b. 1756)
• 1849 » Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, German botanist and entomologist (b. 1766)
• 1862 » Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, American general, lawyer, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1863 » Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet and playwright (b. 1813)
• 1868 » Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer (b. 1794)
• 1881 » August Šenoa, Croatian author and poet (b. 1838)
• 1883 » Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (b. 1812)
• 1893 » Georg August Rudolph, German lawyer and politician, 3rd Mayor of Marburg (b. 1816)
• 1895 » Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist and engineer (b. 1800)
• 1908 » Augustus Le Plongeon, French photographer and historian (b. 1825)

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.
• April 20 » Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the experiment disproving the theory of spontaneous generation.
• July 1 » The Russian State Library is founded as the Library of the Moscow Public Museum.
• August 6 » American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad CSSArkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering catastrophic engine failure near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• September 1 » American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly: Confederate Army troops defeat a group of retreating Union Army troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
• November 5 » American Indian Wars: In Minnesota, 303 Dakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to hang. 38 are ultimately executed and the others reprieved.
• December 13 » American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats Union Major General Ambrose Burnside.

The temperature on December 13, 1862 was about 4.0 °C. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.