About the day » Tuesday January 7, 1862Calender converter

• Antje Hamstra, Surhuizum, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Gesina Aal, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Hekman, Rheeze († 1862)
• "Ludovic" Marie Antonin de Bimard, Valence, Drôme, France († 1902)
• Aginus Bot, sliedrecht (zuid holland) († 1945)
• Adrianus Gerardus van Mourik, Stellendam († 1941)
• Anje Bos, Godlinze, Bierum,, Groningen, Nederland († 1893)
• Aartje Wilhelmina Jacoba van der VOORT, Giessen-Ouderkerk († 1935)
• Alida Wilhelmina Lington, Utrecht († 1862)
• Albert Heinrich Christian Spiess, Harburg, Hamburg, Deutschland († 1924)

• Abraham Zonnevijlle (77), Retranchement, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antje Jansd Van Der VELDEN (86), Schiedam
• Aalbertje Hendriksen van Bokhorst (38)
• van Munster, Hilversum
• Abraham Zonneville (77), Retranchement
• Anna Boon (86), Nieuwe Pekela
• abraham sonneville (77), retranchement
• Auke Siebes Siebinga (83), Marum, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adrianus Hendrik Somer (43), Rotterdam 999-09 Registratienummer 1862A Aktenummer 1862.113 Pagina a030
• Antje van der Velden (86), Schiedam, Nederland

• 1837 » Thomas Henry Ismay, English businessman, founded the White Star Line Shipping Company († 1899)
• 1844 » Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint († 1879)
• 1858 » Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Belarusian lexicographer and journalist († 1922)
• 1863 » Anna Murray Vail, American botanist and first librarian of the New York Botanical Garden († 1955)
• 1871 » Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician († 1956)
• 1873 » Adolph Zukor, Hungarian-American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures († 1976)
• 1873 » Charles Péguy, French poet and journalist († 1914)
• 1875 » Gustav Flatow, German gymnast († 1945)
• 1876 » William Hurlstone, English pianist and composer († 1906)
• 1877 » William Clarence Matthews, American baseball player, coach, and lawyer († 1928)

• 1812 » Joseph Dennie, American journalist and author (b. 1768)
• 1830 » John Thomas Campbell, Irish-Australian public servant and politician (b. 1770)
• 1830 » Thomas Lawrence, English painter and educator (b. 1769)
• 1858 » Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1800)
• 1864 » Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist and politician, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808)
• 1892 » Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (b. 1852)
• 1893 » Josef Stefan, Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Henry Ware Eliot, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Washington University in St. Louis (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)
• 1927 » Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Greek politician, 99th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)

• 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.
• January 16 » Hartley Colliery disaster: Two hundred and four men and boys killed in a mining disaster, prompting a change in UK law which henceforth required all collieries to have at least two independent means of escape.
• 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 5 » Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.
• June 20 » Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
• July 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Malvern Hill takes place. It is the last of the Seven Days Battles, part of George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.
• December 31 » American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

The temperature on January 7, 1862 was about 2.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.