About the day » Monday June 23, 1862Calender converter

• Aaltje Gaeles Hoekstra, Stiens, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1926)
• Adriana Alida frederika Oosterling, dordrecht (zuid holland) († 1862)
• "María de la Paz" Juana Amelia Adalberta Francisca de Paula Juana Bautista Isabel Francisca de Asis de Borbón, Madrid († 1946)
• Andreas Frie, Wilnis († 1901)
• Bastiaan Zevenbergen, Nieuw-Beijerland († 1870)
• Arie van der Stel, Heinenoord, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1937)
• Anna Maria de Ruijter, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1878)
• Aaltje Bezoen, Meppel († 1911)
• Aaltje Bezoen, Meppel († 1911)
• Bartje van Maanen, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 1933)

• Anna Jacoba VERLOOP (0), Utrecht
• Arie Hanemaaijer (0), De Lier, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bonaventura Nicolas de HEUSCH de SCHALKHOVEN (80), Kortessem,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgi
• Angenes Steegers (25), Bunnik, The Netherlands
• Adam Whisenant (20), Chimborazo Hosp., Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia
• Arie Koppier (62), Zoeterwoude, South Holland, Netherlands
• Barbara* Kagy Schenk\Shank (86), Strasburg, Lancaster County, PA
• Anna van Dalen (30), Eelde, Nederland
• Alexander van Muijen (46), Amsterdam
• Callihill Floyd (20)

• 1843 » Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist († 1927)
• 1860 » Albert Giraud, Belgian poet and librarian († 1929)
• 1863 » Sándor Bródy, Hungarian author and journalist († 1924)
• 1877 » Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor († 1929)
• 1879 » Huda Sha'arawi, Egyptian feminist and journalist († 1947)
• 1884 » Cyclone Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player and politician († 1979)
• 1888 » Bronson M. Cutting, American publisher and politician († 1935)
• 1889 » Anna Akhmatova, Ukrainian-Russian poet and author († 1966)
• 1889 » Verena Holmes, English engineer († 1964)
• 1894 » Harold Barrowclough, New Zealand military leader, lawyer and Chief Justice († 1972)

• 1811 » Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida, Portuguese poet and author (b. 1740)
• 1832 » Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet, Scottish geologist and geophysicist (b. 1761)
• 1836 » James Mill, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1773)
• 1848 » Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, Electress of Bavaria (b. 1776)
• 1856 » Ivan Kireyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1806)
• 1881 » Matthias Jakob Schleiden, German botanist and academic (b. 1804)
• 1891 » Samuel Newitt Wood, American lawyer and politician (b. 1825)
• 1891 » Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic (b. 1804)
• 1893 » Theophilus Shepstone, English-South African politician (b. 1817)
• 1893 » William Fox, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1812)

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.
• February 6 » American Civil War: Forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote give the Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee in the Battle of Fort Henry.
• 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.
• August 17 » American Civil War: Major General J. E. B. Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
• September 4 » American Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
• September 8 » Millennium of Russia monument is unveiled in Novgorod.
• December 31 » American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

The temperature on June 23, 1862 was about 13.5 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.