About the day » Wednesday February 26, 1862Calender converter

• Alle Jongman, Stadskanaal, Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland († 1874)
• Albertus Schuitema, Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands († 1862)
• Agatha Christina Brandt, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Anna Foekes REEKERS, Workum(Friesland)
• Anna Catharina Geudens, Kasterlee
• Alexander Polydorius Eugenius Desiderius Houloy, Heist o/d Berg
• Alice Katherine Blackwell, Lawrence, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten († 1936)
• Anna Elisabeth Meekers, Wellen, België († 1927)
• Aaltje Krijgsman, Sint Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriaan OUWERKERK, Ammerstol († 1915)

• "François" Pierre Louis Charles Sulpice de Weck (76), Fribourg, Suisse
• Alida Barlage (0), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonij Nijeboer (10), Horst, gem. Ermelo
• Ahassuerus Anna Rooij de (59), Oud en nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Straatman (91)
• Anna Geertruida de Wit (1), Leiden
• Albert Buitink (52), Lichtenvoorde akte 18
• Adrianus Jutte (1), Delft
• Ahassuerus Anna de Rooij (60), Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• Anthonie Martinus KRONOUER (0), Dordrecht

• 1846 » Buffalo Bill, American soldier and hunter († 1917)
• 1852 » John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon, co-created Corn flakes († 1943)
• 1857 » Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist († 1926)
• 1861 » Ferdinand I of Bulgaria († 1948)
• 1861 » Nadezhda Krupskaya, Russian soldier and politician († 1939)
• 1866 » Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company († 1930)
• 1877 » Henry Barwell, Australian politician, 28th Premier of South Australia († 1959)
• 1877 » Rudolph Dirks, German-American illustrator († 1968)
• 1879 » Frank Bridge, English viola player and composer († 1941)
• 1880 » Kenneth Edgeworth, Irish astronomer († 1972)

• 1813 » Robert R. Livingston, American lawyer and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs (b. 1746)
• 1815 » Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. 1737)
• 1821 » Joseph de Maistre, French lawyer and diplomat (b. 1753)
• 1864 » Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian jurist and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada East (b. 1807)
• 1883 » Alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek lawyer and politician, 56th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1817)
• 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, First Indian women physician (b. 1865)
• 1889 » Karl Davydov, Russian cellist and composer (b. 1838)
• 1903 » Richard Jordan Gatling, American engineer, invented the Gatling gun (b. 1818)
• 1906 » Jean Lanfray, Swiss convicted murderer (b. 1874)
• 1913 » Felix Draeseke, German composer and academic (b. 1835)

• 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.
• January 16 » Hartley Colliery disaster: Two hundred and four men and boys killed in a mining disaster, prompting a change in UK law which henceforth required all collieries to have at least two independent means of escape.
• June 4 » American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.
• July 1 » The Russian State Library is founded as the Library of the Moscow Public Museum.
• 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.
• September 13 » American Civil War: Union soldiers find a copy of Robert E. Lee's battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland. It is the prelude to the Battle of Antietam.
• November 5 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.

The temperature on February 26, 1862 was about 1.0 °C. The air pressure was 7.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%.