About the day » Thursday December 4, 1862Calender converter

• Anna Maria Schouten, Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Aline Augustine Dupont, Festubert, Pas-de-Calais, Frankrijk († 1961)
• Aline Marie Mathilde Barbara Van Neste, Brugge West-Vlaanderen († 1917)
• Adam Stephanus Schiebroek, Gouda († 1865)
• Anna Jalhaij, Maastricht († 1948)
• Adriaantje Amesz, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1862)
• Aaron Calvert Chesebrough
• Anna Pieternella HAMWIJK
• Adrianus Johannes Bronswijk, Monster
• Anna Pieternella Hamwijk

• Gerrit Mensen (79), Zwolle
• Arnoldus Johannes Balk (39), IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anne Margarethe Louise Schwettmann (43)
• Aagtje Kramer (23), Ilpendam,North Holland,Netherlands
• Aagje Meereboer (0), Harenkarspel, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• aart JABAAIJ (66), strijen
• Arieaantje Borsje (43), Alblasserdam
• Anna Post (0), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Borsje (43), Alblasserdam
• Aagje Kramer (23), Ilpendam, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1844 » Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus († 1914)
• 1861 » Hannes Hafstein, Icelandic poet and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland († 1922)
• 1865 » Edith Cavell, English nurse, humanitarian, and saint (Anglicanism) († 1915)
• 1867 » Stanley Argyle, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Victoria († 1940)
• 1868 » Jesse Burkett, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1953)
• 1875 » Agnes Forbes Blackadder, Scottish medical doctor († 1964)
• 1875 » Joe Corbett, American baseball player and coach († 1945)
• 1875 » Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian-Swiss poet and author († 1926)
• 1881 » Erwin von Witzleben, Polish-German field marshal († 1944)
• 1882 » Constance Davey, Australian psychologist († 1963)

• 1798 » Luigi Galvani, Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1737)
• 1828 » Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
• 1839 » John Leamy, Irish–American merchant (b. 1757)
• 1841 » David Daniel Davis, Welsh-English physician and academic (b. 1777)
• 1845 » Gregor MacGregor, Scottish soldier and explorer (b. 1786)
• 1850 » William Sturgeon, English physicist, invented the electric motor (b. 1783)
• 1893 » John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and chemist (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Griffith Rhys Jones, Welsh conductor (b. 1834)
• 1902 » Charles Dow, American journalist and publisher, co-founded the Dow Jones & Company (b. 1851)
• 1926 » Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (b. 1861)

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.
• February 21 » American Civil War: Battle of Valverde is fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.
• July 23 » American Civil War: Henry Halleck takes command of the Union Army.
• August 28 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Second Manassas. The battle ends on August 30.
• September 15 » American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia (present-day Harpers Ferry, West Virginia).
• September 18 » The Confederate States celebrate for the first and only time a Thanksgiving Day.
• 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 4, 1862 was about 4.4 °C. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%.