About the day » Monday November 24, 1862Calender converter

• Abraham Kabel, Uitgeest († 1944)
• Aaltien Postema, Roden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1942)
• Anna Reck, Valkenburg,Valkenburg aan de Geul,Limburg,Nederland
• Aleida Bennis, Velp († 1868)
• Annetje Plat Plak, Zwartebroek (Barneveld) († 1915)
• Antoinetta Johanna Oppeneer (van Drongelen), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aart van Osenbruggen, Rijswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1937)
• Amelia Joanna Van Laere, Kieldrecht
• Annetje Plat, Barneveld († 1915)
• Anne Catherine Van Der Riet, Swellendam, Cape Province, South Africa († 1950)

• Abe Lammerts Dijkstra (38)
• Antonius Ribbens (46), Standaarbuiten
• Anna Maria Cillekens (73), Heijthuijsen (LI NL)
• Anna Maria Wielhouwer (84), Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Jan Markerink (73), Vorden (Veldwijk)
• Adrianus de Widt (1), Tiel
• Anna Elisabeth Hubertina Devens (19), Oud Vroenhoven (L
• Antje Schram (0), Gaasterland
• Abram Hampton (28)
• Arnolda PIJNENBURG (56), Gilze en Rijen (NL/NB)

• 1849 » Frances Hodgson Burnett, English-American novelist and playwright († 1924)
• 1851 » John Indermaur, British lawyer († 1925)
• 1857 » Miklós Kovács, Hungarian-Slovene poet and songwriter († 1937)
• 1859 » Cass Gilbert, American architect, designed the United States Supreme Court Building and Woolworth Building († 1934)
• 1864 » Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter and illustrator († 1901)
• 1868 » Scott Joplin, American pianist and composer († 1917)
• 1869 » Óscar Carmona, Portuguese field marshal and politician, 11th President of Portugal († 1951)
• 1873 » Herbert Roper Barrett, English tennis player († 1943)
• 1873 » Julius Martov, Russian politician († 1923)
• 1874 » Charles William Miller, Brazilian footballer and referee († 1953)

• 1807 » Joseph Brant, American tribal leader (b. 1742)
• 1848 » William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1779)
• 1870 » Comte de Lautréamont, Uruguayan-French poet and author (b. 1846)
• 1885 » Nicolás Avellaneda, Argentinian journalist and politician, 8th President of Argentina (b. 1837)
• 1890 » August Belmont, German-American banker and politician, 16th United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (b. 1816)
• 1895 » Ludwik Teichmann, Polish anatomist (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Hiram Maxim, American-English engineer, invented the Maxim gun (b. 1840)
• 1920 » Alexandru Macedonski, Romanian author and poet (b. 1854)
• 1920 » Lado Aleksi-Meskhishvili, Georgian actor and director (b. 1857)
• 1922 » Erskine Childers, Irish soldier, journalist, and author (b. 1870)

• 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 16 » American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
• July 15 » The CSS Arkansas, the most effective ironclad on the Mississippi River, battles with Union ships commanded by Admiral David Farragut, severely damaging three ships and sustaining heavy damage herself. The encounter changed the complexion of warfare on the Mississippi and helped to reverse Rebel fortunes on the river in the summer of 1862.
• September 17 » American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.
• November 14 » American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln approves General Ambrose Burnside's plan to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia, leading to the Battle of Fredericksburg.
• November 28 » American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates.
• December 31 » American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

The temperature on November 24, 1862 was about -2.6 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.