About the day » Saturday December 6, 1862Calender converter

• Anna Elisabeth Gorissen, Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Vermeer, Deventer († 1862)
• Aelse Dirks SINNEMA, Akkrum (Utingeradeel) Friesland Netherlands († 1863)
• Aagje Konijn, Obdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• Anna Elisabeth Gorissen, Stein († 1927)
• Adriana Maria Lucia Buijs, Wouw,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aloijsius De Bruyne, Stekene, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Anna Maria Schellens, Westerhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1926)
• Alida van Rooijen, Utrecht († 1891)
• Albert STEVENS, odoorn († 1949)

• Aplonia Batenburg (34), Mijnsheerenland
• Aafke Rozema (29), Leek
• Aaltje Dop (0), Zwaag, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Berend van Zuuk (24)
• Barbara Verhoeven (72), Aalst
• Barthold Vinckers (0), Broek in Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Vermeer (0), Deventer
• van Houten, Kortehemmen
• Adriana Kerkvliet (44), Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthoni Dirks (49), Groningen

• 1848 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer († 1925)
• 1849 » August von Mackensen, German field marshal († 1945)
• 1853 » Hans Molisch, Czech-Austrian botanist and academic († 1937)
• 1853 » Haraprasad Shastri, Indian historian and scholar († 1931)
• 1863 » Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer († 1914)
• 1872 » Arthur Henry Adams, Australian journalist and author († 1936)
• 1872 » William S. Hart, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1946)
• 1875 » Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot († 1946)
• 1875 » Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author († 1941)
• 1876 » Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company († 1932)

• 1855 » William John Swainson, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1789)
• 1867 » Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist and academic (b. 1794)
• 1868 » August Schleicher, German linguist and academic (b. 1821)
• 1878 » Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter and educator (b. 1814)
• 1879 » Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American businessman (b. 1814)
• 1882 » Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician, founded Credit Suisse (b. 1819)
• 1882 » Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer (b. 1815)
• 1889 » Jefferson Davis, American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
• 1892 » Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company (b. 1816)
• 1918 » Alexander Dianin, Russian chemist (b. 1851)

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.
• March 13 » The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves was passed by the United States Congress, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
• April 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.
• June 6 » American Civil War: Battle of Memphis: Union forces capture Memphis, Tennessee, from the Confederates.
• September 2 » American Civil War: United States President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
• September 8 » Millennium of Russia monument is unveiled in Novgorod.
• October 11 » American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

The temperature on December 6, 1862 was about 9.2 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.