About the day » Thursday March 13, 1862Calender converter

• Benedictus Peeters, Bornem († 1942)
• Arnolda Reijnen, Berkel († 1899)
• Baby TARR, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1862)
• Aagje Tjeerds Bosma, Hijlaard, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1935)
• Trip, Nieuw-Buinen, Drenthe, Holland († 1862)
• houtzager Hendricus Jacobus van Vliet, Schiedam
• Antonia Johanna Grotenhuis, Dirksland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1893)
• Barbara Philips, Meldert († 1916)
• Arnolda Reijnen, Berkel-Enschot (Tilburg) (Noord-Brabant) († 1899)
• Antonius Deckers, Etten-Leur(NB) († 1945)

• Adriana Hogenraad (60)
• Agnieta van der Wolf (52), Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje de Boer (0), Opeinde, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Adams de Boer (0), Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anthonie Berkelaar (0), Rotterdam-Katendrecht
• Adriana Petronella Varkevisser (24), Scheveningen, Nederland
• Aagje Samsom (45)
• Antje de Zeeuw (40), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Swart (62), Sprang, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagje Samson (45)

• 1855 » Percival Lowell, American astronomer and mathematician († 1916)
• 1857 » B. H. Roberts, English-American historian and politician († 1933)
• 1860 » Hugo Wolf, Slovene-Austrian composer († 1903)
• 1862 » Paul Prosper Henrys, French general († 1943)
• 1864 » Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter († 1941)
• 1870 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator († 1938)
• 1874 » Ellery Harding Clark, American jumper, coach, and lawyer († 1949)
• 1880 » Josef Gočár, Czech architect († 1945)
• 1883 » Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer († 1926)
• 1884 » Hugh Walpole, New Zealand-English author and educator († 1941)

• 1823 » John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, English admiral and politician (b. 1735)
• 1833 » William Bradley, English lieutenant and cartographer (b. 1757)
• 1842 » Henry Shrapnel, English general (b. 1761)
• 1854 » Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, French politician, 6th Prime Minister of France (b. 1773)
• 1873 » David Swinson Maynard, American physician, lawyer, and businessman (b. 1808)
• 1879 » Adolf Anderssen, German mathematician and chess player (b. 1818)
• 1881 » Alexander II of Russia (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Leland Stanford Jr., American son of Leland Stanford (b. 1868)
• 1885 » Giorgio Mitrovich, Maltese politician (b. 1795)
• 1901 » Benjamin Harrison, American general and politician, 23rd President of the United States (b. 1833)

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 16 » American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
• February 22 » Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.
• September 15 » American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia (present-day Harpers Ferry, West Virginia).
• 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.
• November 14 » American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln approves General Ambrose Burnside's plan to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia, leading to the Battle of Fredericksburg.
• November 28 » American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates.

The temperature on March 13, 1862 was about 6.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.