About the day » Friday May 9, 1862Calender converter

• Aartje van den Heuvel, Giessendam
• (m) Glöser, Dodenau, Kreis Frankenberg
• Anna Johanna PELT, Desao († 1941)
• Anne LUGTHART, Gendt in Gelderland
• Andries Sijmons Sjollema, Grouw, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1865)
• Anne Lugthart, Gendt (gem. Lingewaard)
• Alphonsus Volckaert, Heldergem († 1863)
• Anna Bouman, Amerongen, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1927)
• Aartje van den Heuvel, Noordeloos († 1945)
• (Stillborn) VAATSTRA, Tytsjerksteradiel Friesland Netherlands († 1862)

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• Anna Cornelia Mol (4), Roosendaal
• Arend LEIJDENS (76), Ooltgensplaat (Oostflakkee), NL-ZH
• Agnes Borst (51), Limmen
• Annigje van Lubeck (14), Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Auktje ter Veen (1), Aduard, Zuidhorn, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adriaan Swolfs (47), Alphen en Riel
• Abraham Elias van Cleef (33)
• (Stillborn) VAATSTRA (0), Tytsjerksteradiel Friesland Netherlands
• Antonia van Gessel (31), Maasdriel

• 1845 » Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer and businessman († 1913)
• 1850 » Edward Weston, English-American chemist († 1936)
• 1855 » Julius Röntgen, German-Dutch composer († 1932)
• 1860 » J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright († 1937)
• 1866 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian economist and politician († 1915)
• 1870 » Harry Vardon, British golfer († 1937)
• 1873 » Anton Cermak, Czech-American captain and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago († 1933)
• 1874 » Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian († 1939)
• 1882 » George Barker, American painter († 1965)
• 1882 » Henry J. Kaiser, American shipbuilder and businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards († 1967)

• 1850 » Garlieb Merkel, Estonian author and activist (b. 1769)
• 1850 » Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (b. 1778)
• 1861 » Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philologist and politician (b. 1805)
• 1864 » John Sedgwick, American general and educator (b. 1813)
• 1889 » William S. Harney, American general (b. 1800)
• 1906 » Oscar von Gebhardt, German theologian and academic (b. 1844)
• 1914 » C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (b. 1854)
• 1915 » Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player and cricketer (b. 1883)
• 1915 » François Faber, Luxembourgian-French cyclist and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1918 » George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (b. 1866)

• 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 7 » American Civil War: The Union's Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the Ohio defeat the Confederate Army of Mississippi near Shiloh, Tennessee.
• May 12 » American Civil War: U.S. federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• July 12 » The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
• 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.
• December 26 » The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, where 38 Native Americans died.

The temperature on May 9, 1862 was about 14.8 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.