About the day » Friday March 21, 1862Calender converter

March 22, 1862 Next pagePrevious page March 20, 1862


Born on Friday March 21, 1862
Died on Friday March 21, 1862

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 21, 1862 at Delpher


Born on March 21

Died on March 21

Names that were popular for boys in 1862
  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
Names that were popular for girls in 1862
  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

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1862
  • 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.
  • January 30 » The first American ironclad warship, the USSMonitor is launched.
  • February 15 » American Civil War: Confederates commanded by Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd attack General Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces Fort Donelson, Tennessee. Unable to break the fort's encirclement, Lloyd surrenders the following day.
  • May 31 » American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: Confederate forces under Joseph E. Johnston and G.W. Smith engage Union forces under George B. McClellan outside Richmond, Virginia.
  • 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.
  • December 13 » American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats Union Major General Ambrose Burnside.
Weather March 21, 1862

The temperature on March 21, 1862 was about 5.8 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.

Source: KNMI