About the day » Sunday January 26, 1862Calender converter

• Anna Maria van Gaal, Schaijk (NLD) († 1893)
• Wilken, Altharen, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1862)
• Aaltje de WAART, Marken, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1937)
• Aleijda ten Have, Almen
• Albert de Weerd, Nijbroek, Voorst († 1918)
• Adriana Maria Veldhuizen, Rijsenburg, Utrecht, Nederland († 1862)
• adriana bleij, zaandam († 1945)
• Anna Maria Gaal van, Schaijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Adriana Maria van Loon, Waalwijk
• "Albertus" Bertus Bertus, Groesbeek, NL († 1942)

• Aaltje Berends Wensink (89), Frederiksoord, Vledder, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Braun, Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• Aaltje Berends WENSINK (89), Vledder, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aart Beenen Moed (61), Lottergreppel, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Bree (0), Gouda,Gouda,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Aaltje Berends Winsink (89)
• Aaltje Everhard (27), Deventer, Nederland
• Antje Nieuwenhuizen (18), Den Burg
• Aart Beenen Moet (Moed) (61), Lottegreppel, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje Hendriks de Jong (0), Opsterland

• 1842 » François Coppée, French poet and author († 1908)
• 1852 » Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer († 1905)
• 1857 » 12th Dalai Lama († 1875)
• 1861 » Louis Anquetin, French painter († 1932)
• 1864 » József Pusztai, Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist († 1934)
• 1866 » John Cady, American golfer († 1933)
• 1877 » Kees van Dongen, Dutch painter († 1968)
• 1878 » Dave Nourse, English-South African cricketer and coach († 1948)
• 1880 » Douglas MacArthur, American general, Medal of Honor recipient († 1964)
• 1885 » Michael Considine, Irish-Australian politician († 1959)

• 1849 » Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet, playwright, and physician (b. 1803)
• 1855 » Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator (b. 1808)
• 1860 » Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient, opera singer (b. 1804)
• 1869 » Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier; Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1846)
• 1870 » Victor de Broglie, French politician, 9th Prime Minister of France (b. 1785)
• 1885 » Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (b. 1833)
• 1885 » Edward Davy, English-Australian physician and engineer (b. 1806)
• 1886 » David Rice Atchison, American general and politician (b. 1807)
• 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, One of the first female Indian physicians (b. 1865)
• 1891 » Nicolaus Otto, German engineer, invented the Internal combustion engine (b. 1833)

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 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.
• February 22 » Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.
• 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.
• June 4 » American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.
• July 4 » Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels.
• November 5 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.

The temperature on January 26, 1862 was about 6.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.