About the day » Sunday May 11, 1862Calender converter

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• Frieswijk
• Andriana Willemsen, Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan de Laat, Hoogeloon († 1947)
• Abraham Hubertus Steeneveld, Stompwijk († 1937)
• Anna SCHOUTEN, Zevenhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham van Daalen Buissant des Amorie, Amsterdam
• Adriaan Jacob Boomgaard, Oostdongeradeel (gem. Noardeast-Fryslân) († 1930)
• Adriana van der Kooij, Vlaardinger-Ambacht, Vlaardngen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1864)
• Adrianus Groenestein, Amersfoort († 1930)

• * Hendrik Edel (1), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Anna Petronella de Vreeze (8), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Berber Sytzes (aka Sterreman) Stel (77), Veenwouden
• Barber Sytzes Stel (77), Veenwouden, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida van Heijningen (44), Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• * Teunis Bliek (0), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Frieswijk (0), Rottevalle o/Opeinde
• Akke Jarings Siemonsma (Symonsma) (23), Greonterp
• Barber Sytzes Stel (77), Veenwouden, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Barbara Hirsch (70), Orzydorf

• 1852 » Charles W. Fairbanks, American journalist and politician, 26th United States Vice President († 1918)
• 1854 » Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer († 1932)
• 1869 » Archibald Warden, English tennis player († 1943)
• 1871 » Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer and author († 1943)
• 1875 » Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter († 1912)
• 1881 » Al Cabrera, Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager († 1964)
• 1881 » Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor († 1944)
• 1881 » Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer († 1963)
• 1888 » Irving Berlin, Belarusian-American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1888 » Willis Augustus Lee, American admiral († 1945)

• 1812 » Spencer Perceval, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1762)
• 1848 » Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)
• 1849 » Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (b. 1777)
• 1882 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)

• 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 9 » American Civil War: USSMonitor and CSSVirginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
• April 29 » American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut.
• June 8 » American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys: Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George B. McClellan.
• September 4 » American Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
• September 8 » Millennium of Russia monument is unveiled in Novgorod.
• September 19 » American Civil War: Union troops under William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by Sterling Price.

The temperature on May 11, 1862 was about 11.6 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.