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Born on Sunday November 23, 1862
- Aaltje (Ollie) Verploegh, Pella, Marion, Iowa (USA) († 1928)
- Andries Potjer, Sappemeer († 1944)
- Aalt van de Brink, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1864)
- Aleida Bruggeman, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1916)
- ADRIAAN IN 'T VELT, DINTELOORD EN PRINCELAND († 1936)
- Anna Maria Kokelkoren, Heerlen (L)
- Anna Lucia den Dekker, Gorinchem († 1862)
- Aleida Bruggeman, Zwolle († 1916)
- Adalaide Nabberfeld, Germany († 1938)
- Adriaantje Kamp, Ooltgensplaat
Died on Sunday November 23, 1862
- Abeltje Rinses van der Meulen, Franeker
- Abraham Adriaan Buijze (1), Axel (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
- Alida Pieternella Looijen (0), Monster
- Adriana Schilperoort (65), Zoetermeer
- Antje Jacobsd Stammes (63), Harenkarspel, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Antje Stammis, Harenkarspel
- August Hoffmann (4), Schüllar, Kreis Wittgenstein
- Anna Sabina Johansdr Ries (59), Ede
- Cornelia van der Heiden (38), Meerkerk, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
- Bastiaan Kanters (40), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from November 23, 1862 at Delpher
Born on November 23
- 1858 » Albert Ranft, Swedish actor and director († 1938)
- 1860 » Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate († 1925)
- 1864 » Henry Bourne Joy, American businessman († 1936)
- 1868 » Mary Brewster Hazelton, American painter († 1953)
- 1869 » Valdemar Poulsen, Danish engineer († 1942)
- 1871 » William Watt, Australian accountant and politician, 24th Premier of Victoria († 1946)
- 1875 » Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician († 1933)
- 1876 » Manuel de Falla, Spanish pianist and composer († 1946)
- 1878 » Frank Pick, English lawyer and businessman († 1941)
- 1883 » José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter († 1949)
Died on November 23
- 1803 » Roger Newdigate, English politician (b. 1719)
- 1804 » Ivan Mane Jarnović, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1747)
- 1804 » Richard Graves, English minister and author (b. 1715)
- 1807 » Jean-François Rewbell, French lawyer and politician (b. 1747)
- 1814 » Elbridge Gerry, American merchant and politician, 5th Vice President of the United States of America (b. 1744)
- 1833 » Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French general and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1762)
- 1890 » William III of the Netherlands (b. 1817)
- 1899 » Thomas Henry Ismay, English businessman, founded White Star Line (b. 1837)
- 1905 » John Burdon-Sanderson, English physiologist and academic (b. 1828)
- 1910 » Hawley Harvey Crippen, American physician and murderer (b. 1862)
Names that were popular for boys in 1862
- Jan
- Johannes
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Pieter
- Willem
- Gerrit
- Jacob
- Jacobus
- Petrus
- Adrianus
- Dirk
- Arie
- Hendrikus
- Klaas
- Gerardus
Names that were popular for girls in 1862
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Adriana
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Aaltje
- Wilhelmina
- Grietje
- Antje
- Trijntje
- Neeltje
- Elizabeth
- Mary
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1862
- 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 5 » Moldavia and Wallachia formally unite to create the Romanian United Principalities.
- February 15 » American Civil War: Confederates commanded by Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd attack General Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces Fort Donelson, Tennessee. Unable to break the fort's encirclement, Lloyd surrenders the following day.
- April 16 » American Civil War: Battle at Lee's Mills in 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.
- December 1 » In his State of the Union Address President Abraham Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation.
- December 31 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln signs an act that admits West Virginia to the Union, thus dividing Virginia in two.
Weather November 23, 1862
The temperature on November 23, 1862 was about -7.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.