About the day » Friday February 28, 1862Calender converter

• Adolphus BLEIJENBERG, Clinge, Hulst, Zeeland, Nederland († 1862)
• Adriana Miltenburg, van, Veldhuizen, Nederland († 1863)
• Aaltsje Eits, Noordwolde, Friesland, Nederland († 1954)
• 'Oscar' Henri Joseph ORBAN, Huy, 4500, Liège, Belgique († 1923)
• van der Meer, Opsterland,, Friesland, Nederland († 1862)
• Adriana Jacobs van der Wiel, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1933)
• Adriana Maria IN 't VEN, Alphen en Riel, Alphen, 3281, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1893)
• Aaltje Jacobus de Jong, Oenkerk, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1921)
• adriana Verstijlen, Rucphen
• Adriana van Miltenburg, Veldhuizen, Netherlands († 1863)

• Aart Dalhuizen 9 (5)
• Albert Muileman (0), Gorssel
• Antoine Joseph Thomsin (80), Sart België
• Antje Appel (1), Wognum
• Anner Obedience Hatcher (47), Virginia
• Andreas Dekker (19), IJsselmonde
• Adriaantje Sinterniklaas (Sinternicolaas) (43), Strijen, Nederland
• Adriaantje SINTERNIKLAAS (43), Strijen
• Adriaantje Sinternicolaas (43), Strijen, 3291, Nederland
• Antje Appel- (0), Wognum, Nederland

• 1848 » Arthur Giry, French historian and academic († 1899)
• 1851 » Samuel W. McCall, American journalist and politician, 47th Governor of Massachusetts († 1923)
• 1858 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director († 1941)
• 1865 » Wilfred Grenfell, English physician and missionary († 1940)
• 1866 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright († 1949)
• 1873 » William McMaster Murdoch, Scottish sailor († 1912)
• 1878 » Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer († 1929)
• 1882 » Geraldine Farrar, American soprano and actress († 1967)
• 1882 » José Vasconcelos, Mexican philosopher, lawyer, and politician, Mexican Secretary of Public Education († 1959)
• 1883 » Seán Mac Diarmada, Irish rebel leader († 1916)

• 1788 » Thomas Cushing, American lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1725)
• 1857 » André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic (b. 1809)
• 1869 » Alphonse de Lamartine, French author and poet (b. 1790)
• 1879 » Hortense Allart, Italian-French author (b. 1801)
• 1891 » George Hearst, American businessman and politician (b. 1820)
• 1916 » Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)
• 1929 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1847)

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.
• April 29 » American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut.
• May 1 » American Civil War: The Union Army completes its capture of New Orleans.
• June 1 » American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: The Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
• September 4 » American Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
• 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.
• December 26 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins.

The temperature on February 28, 1862 was about -3.4 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.