About the day » Tuesday February 18, 1862Calender converter

• Adriaan Eijkelenboom, Sliedrecht, Nederland († 1865)
• Adrianus Laureijssen, Chaam († 1947)
• Agatha Tecla Wortelboer, Oude Pekela († 1899)
• Vriesinga, Bergum († 1862)
• Agatha Tecla - Agatha Thecla Wortelboer, Oude Pekela, Pekela, Groningen, Nederland († 1899)
• Abraham de Veij, Groede († 1947)
• Aldegonde Elisabetha Hoebregs, Gelinden, België († 1864)
• Adrianus Dekker, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands († 1866)
• Adrianus Stolker, Bodegraven Z.H († 1877)
• Albert Meijer, Sibculo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1901)

• Adelheid O'Donell von Tyrconell (55), Graz, Autriche
• Anna Jacobusdr Arnoldus (60), Leiden,2311,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Vriesinga (0), Bergum
• Anna Arnoldus (60), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alice C. Shellaberger (8), Miami County, OH
• Adelheid, Gräfin O'Donell (55)
• Aaltje van ZOEST (3), Oosterbeek
• Anna Maria Adriana Groot (0), Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Adrianus Jonkheer (38), Hillegom
• Adriaan de Louw (67), Bergeijk

• 1846 » Wilson Barrett, English actor, playwright, and manager († 1904)
• 1848 » Louis Comfort Tiffany, American stained glass artist († 1933)
• 1849 » Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author, playwright, and politician († 1906)
• 1850 » George Henschel, German-English singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor († 1934)
• 1855 » Jean Jules Jusserand, French historian, author, and diplomat, French Ambassador to the United States († 1932)
• 1860 » Anders Zorn, Swedish artist († 1920)
• 1862 » Charles M. Schwab, American businessman, co-founded Bethlehem Steel († 1939)
• 1867 » Hedwig Courths-Mahler, German writer († 1950)
• 1870 » William Laurel Harris, American painter and author († 1924)
• 1871 » Harry Brearley, English inventor († 1948)

• 1803 » Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet and educator (b. 1719)
• 1851 » Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician and academic (b. 1804)
• 1873 » Vasil Levski, Bulgarian activist, founded the Internal Revolutionary Organization (b. 1837)
• 1880 » Nikolay Zinin, Russian organic chemist (b. 1812)
• 1893 » Serranus Clinton Hastings, American lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Justice of California (b. 1814)
• 1902 » Charles Lewis Tiffany, American businessman, founded Tiffany & Co. (b. 1812)
• 1906 » John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B. Stetson Company (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Lucy Stanton, American activist (b. 1831)
• 1911 » Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
• 1915 » Frank James, American soldier and criminal (b. 1843)

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.
• February 16 » American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
• June 1 » American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: The Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
• July 15 » The CSS Arkansas, the most effective ironclad on the Mississippi River, battles with Union ships commanded by Admiral David Farragut, severely damaging three ships and sustaining heavy damage herself. The encounter changed the complexion of warfare on the Mississippi and helped to reverse Rebel fortunes on the river in the summer of 1862.
• July 23 » American Civil War: Henry Halleck takes command of the Union Army.
• August 17 » American Indian Wars: The Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Dakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.
• September 14 » American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.

The temperature on February 18, 1862 was about 3.9 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.