About the day » Wednesday December 24, 1862Calender converter

• Abraham Lincoln Plumlee, Berryville, Carroll County, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten († 1950)
• Aeilt Schudde, Siddeburen (gem. Midden-Groningen) († 1941)
• Aleida Wilhelmina Boeve, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1867)
• Aagtje Zand, Zandeweer gem Kantensj, Groningen, Nederland († 1863)
• Abraham Johannis Eiff, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 1944)
• Adrianus Vergeer, Reeuwijk,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Anna HUTT, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Alle Jans van der Sluis, ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Dam van, Zwijndrecht, ZH, Nederland († 1863)
• Anna Tesselaar, Harenkarspel, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1902)

• Abraham Cohen (0), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Klein (43)
• Anna Berkelaar (47), Nieuwer Amstel
• Anna Berkelaar (47), Nieuwer-Amstel
• Anna de Vries (64), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Moyer Hunsberger (68), Bayham, Elgin, Ontario
• Anton Grossenbacher (71)
• Antonius Kors (37), Wijk aan Zee en Duin
• Adrianus de Hoon (0), Princenhage
• adriana jacobsd. MARIS (87), fijnaart

• 1845 » George I of Greece († 1913)
• 1865 » Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian, educator, and diplomat, founded the Askenazy school († 1935)
• 1867 » Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator († 1915)
• 1868 » Charles Harvey Bollman, American naturalist († 1889)
• 1868 » Emanuel Lasker, German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher († 1941)
• 1869 » Henriette Roland Holst, Dutch poet, playwright, and politician († 1952)
• 1872 » Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player († 1927)
• 1875 » Émile Wegelin, French rower († 1962)
• 1877 » Sigrid Schauman, Finnish painter and critic († 1979)
• 1879 » Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet († 1941)

• 1844 » Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, Danish-German painter (b. 1803)
• 1863 » William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (b. 1811)
• 1865 » Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter and historian (b. 1793)
• 1867 » José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician. President of Mexico (1846, 1859) and regent of the Second Mexican Empire(b. 1797)
• 1868 » Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802)
• 1872 » William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1820)
• 1873 » Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
• 1879 » Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (b. 1815)
• 1889 » Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch pastor and poet (b. 1819)
• 1893 » B. T. Finniss, Australian politician, 1st Premier of South Australia (b. 1807)

• 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.
• March 9 » American Civil War: USSMonitor and CSSVirginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
• July 16 » American Civil War: David Farragut is promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank.
• August 30 » American Civil War: Battle of Richmond: Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union forces under General William "Bull" Nelson.
• September 18 » The Confederate States celebrate for the first and only time a Thanksgiving Day.
• September 19 » American Civil War: Union troops under William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by Sterling Price.
• November 5 » American Indian Wars: In Minnesota, 303 Dakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to hang. 38 are ultimately executed and the others reprieved.

The temperature on December 24, 1862 was about 7.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.