About the day » Thursday October 30, 1862Calender converter

• Anthonia Gorlee, Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1912)
• Antje Huijsman, Westzaan, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• adriaan van GENDEREN, spijkenisse († 1937)
• Ariaantje van Pelt, Abbenbroek, Bernisse, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1862)
• Anna Catharina Hubertina Mertz, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1942)
• Albertje Zijlstra, oudwoude Kollumerland († 1933)
• Anna POST, Delft (Zuid-Holland, Nederland) († 1862)
• Aalt Koster, Oldebroek, Nederland († 1942)
• Jacobus Alders, Lisse
• Antonia Haagsma, Sneek {FR} († 1864)

• Alexander Drost (53), Rhenen,Gemeente Rhenen,Utrecht,Nederland
• Antje Formers Molenaar (62)
• Alexander Drost (53), Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Bijloos (32), Zepperen, België
• aart Arijz Zwijnenburg (76), Lekkerkerk
• Arie Vogel (77), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Formers Molenaar (62), Finkum
• Arend Leenderts Koudijzer (70)
• Adrianus KNAAP,VAN DER (82), Schipluiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina Johanna Olthuis (62), Zelhem

• 1857 » Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French-Swiss physician and neurologist († 1904)
• 1861 » Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter († 1929)
• 1871 » Buck Freeman, American baseball player († 1949)
• 1871 » Paul Valéry, French poet and philosopher († 1945)
• 1873 » Francisco I. Madero, Mexican businessman and politician, 33rd President of Mexico († 1913)
• 1877 » Hugo Celmiņš, Latvian politician, Prime Minister of Latvia († 1941)
• 1878 » Arthur Scherbius, German electrical engineer, invented the Enigma machine († 1929)
• 1881 » Elizabeth Madox Roberts, American poet and author († 1941)
• 1882 » Oldřich Duras, Czech chess player and composer († 1957)
• 1882 » William Halsey, Jr., American admiral († 1959)

• 1842 » Allan Cunningham, Scottish author and poet (b. 1784)
• 1853 » Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (b. 1786)
• 1882 » William Forster, Indian-Australian politician, 4th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1818)
• 1883 » Dayananda Saraswati, Indian philosopher and scholar (b. 1824)
• 1883 » Robert Volkmann, German pianist and composer (b. 1815)
• 1893 » John Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1821)
• 1894 » Honoré Mercier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Premier of Quebec (b. 1840)
• 1895 » James Patterson, English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Victoria (b. 1833)
• 1896 » Carol Benesch, Czech architect, designed Peleș Castle (b. 1822)
• 1899 » William H. Webb, American shipbuilder and philanthropist (b. 1816)

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.
• 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.
• May 15 » President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture. It is later renamed the United States Department of Agriculture.
• July 12 » The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
• August 6 » American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad CSSArkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering catastrophic engine failure near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• December 26 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins.
• December 31 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln signs an act that admits West Virginia to the Union, thus dividing Virginia in two.

The temperature on October 30, 1862 was about 8.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.