About the day » Wednesday February 12, 1862Calender converter

• Albert Fokkert, Den Ham († 1913)
• Adriaan Bastiaanse, Dinteloord, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1862)
• Aleida Maria Wergers, Geesteren († 1950)
• Albert Joseph Buck, Kerkrade (L
• Adriana Taal, Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ane Kirstine Christensen, Kalvehave
• Adriaan Bastiaanse, Dinteloord († 1862)
• Anna Hendrika van den Berg, Nijmegen († 1932)
• Cornelia Hondius, Middelburg
• Alberta Bommesijn, Amsterdam († 1944)

• Heribertus Jansz (Harpert) Alsemgeest (69), Vrijenban,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Age Meinderts WYNIA (36), Hennaarderadeel Friesland Netherlands
• Abram van der Vegt (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alberdina Kok (38), Westenholte, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Amador Flávio Simões (3), Brotas, São Paulo, Brasil
• Age Meindertsz Wynia (36), Kubaard, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Amelie Sophie Boucquey, Watou,8978,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Agatha Ruyvekamp (71), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Abraham Boutkan (42), Nieuw Helvoet
• Age Meinderts Wynia (36), Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1857 » Bobby Peel, English cricketer and coach († 1943)
• 1857 » Eugène Atget, French photographer († 1927)
• 1861 » Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian-German psychoanalyst and author († 1937)
• 1866 » Lev Shestov, Russian philosopher († 1938)
• 1869 » Kiến Phúc, Vietnamese emperor († 1884)
• 1870 » Marie Lloyd, English actress and singer († 1922)
• 1876 » 13th Dalai Lama († 1933)
• 1877 » Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded Renault († 1944)
• 1880 » George Preca, Maltese priest and saint († 1962)
• 1880 » John L. Lewis, American miner and union leader († 1969)

• 1799 » Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist and physiologist (b. 1729)
• 1804 » Immanuel Kant, German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1724)
• 1834 » Friedrich Schleiermacher, German philosopher and scholar (b. 1768)
• 1886 » Randolph Caldecott, English-American painter and illustrator (b. 1846)
• 1894 » Hans von Bülow, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Ambroise Thomas, French composer and academic (b. 1811)
• 1912 » Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (b. 1841)
• 1915 » Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, philosopher, and academic (b. 1831)
• 1929 » Lillie Langtry, English singer and actress (b. 1853)

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.
• March 7 » American Civil War: Union forces engage Confederate troops at the Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas.
• March 28 » American Civil War: In the Battle of Glorieta Pass, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of the New Mexico Territory. The battle began on March 26.
• May 1 » American Civil War: The Union Army completes its capture of New Orleans.
• June 5 » As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
• June 6 » American Civil War: Battle of Memphis: Union forces capture Memphis, Tennessee, from the Confederates.
• June 8 » American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys: Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George B. McClellan.

The temperature on February 12, 1862 was about 5.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.