About the day » Thursday June 26, 1862Calender converter

• Alexander Duncan Badger, Standrig, Falkirk, Scotland († 1939)
• Adrianus Janmaat, Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1937)
• Anna Maria Arnold, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1863)
• Antje Gorter, Opsterland
• Antje Jans Gorter, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Jans Gorter, Gorredijk, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert PREVOT, Cherbourg († 1914)
• Antje Sytsma, Idaarderadeel Friesland Nederland
• 'Maria"bernardina Florentine Cremer, Lüdinghausen (Dld)
• Albert Louis HEDOUIN, Cherbourg (50130) Frankrijk († 1911)

• Berendina Vos (43), Braamt
• Anderson Watson Renfro (46), Mechanicsville, Hanover, Virginia, United States
• Anna van den Eijkel (IJkel) (77), Rijnsburg
• Anne Marie Liekens (24), Mechelen, Provincie Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgi√´
• Albertus van Weelderen (1), Maurik
• Aaltje Both (3), berkenwoude (zuid holland)
• Anna Verhoeff (0), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Broekhoven (62), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alexander Joseph Moyard (76), Schaarbeek, Brussel, België
• Barbara Donders (7), Stramproy, Nederland

• 1835 » Thomas W. Knox, American journalist and author († 1896)
• 1839 » Sam Watkins, American soldier and author († 1901)
• 1852 » Daoud Corm, Lebanese painter († 1930)
• 1854 » Robert Laird Borden, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Canada († 1937)
• 1865 » Bernard Berenson, Lithuanian-American historian and author († 1959)
• 1866 » George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English archaeologist and banker († 1923)
• 1869 » Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish journalist and author († 1954)
• 1878 » Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician († 1957)
• 1880 » Mitchell Lewis, American actor († 1956)
• 1881 » Ya'akov Cohen, Israeli linguist, poet, and playwright († 1960)

• 1808 » Ludwik Tyszkiewicz, Polish poet and politician (b. 1748)
• 1810 » Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (b. 1740)
• 1830 » George IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1762)
• 1836 » Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French soldier and composer (b. 1760)
• 1856 » Max Stirner, German philosopher and author (b. 1806)
• 1870 » Armand Barbès, French lawyer and politician (b. 1809)
• 1878 » Mercedes of Orléans (b. 1860)
• 1879 » Richard H. Anderson, American general (b. 1821)
• 1883 » Edward Sabine, Irish-English astronomer, geophysicist, and ornithologist (b. 1788)
• 1918 » Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and author (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 10 » American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina.
• May 31 » American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: Confederate forces under Joseph E. Johnston and G.W. Smith engage Union forces under George B. McClellan outside Richmond, Virginia.
• 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.
• June 20 » Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
• July 16 » American Civil War: David Farragut is promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank.
• July 23 » American Civil War: Henry Halleck takes command of the Union Army.

The temperature on June 26, 1862 was about 19.2 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.