About the day » Friday June 20, 1862Calender converter

• Alfred Vrijheer Quadt van Wickrath-Hüchtenbruck, Hamm, Nordrhein-Westfalen († 1928)
• Aleida Beens, Vollenhove-Stad († 1944)
• Aafje Mantel, Andyk, N.Holl, Nederland († 1924)
• Anna Haan, Harlingen (Friesland) († 1935)
• Abel Schoneveld, Godlinze, Bierum, Groningen, Netherlands († 1938)
• Abel Schoonveld, Godlinze, Groningen, Nederland († 1938)
• Antje Bolle, Wilnis, Utrecht, Nederland († 1862)
• Albert Bruin, Den Burg († 1931)
• Abel Schoneveld, Godlinze, Bierum, Groningen, Nederland
• Abraham Hendrik Petrus Louw, Wagendrift († 1942)

• Antje Pieters Pool (59), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Hendriks Osse (71), Oldemarkt, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Pieters Pool (59), Smallingerland
• van Dalen, Monster
• Antonius Fransen (57), Zevenaar
• Aleida BRUGGINK (68), Dinxperlo
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• Albert van Duren (51), Olst, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonij van Opdorp (41), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Nederland
• Antje Walig (27), Krommenie

• 1855 » Richard Lodge, English historian and academic († 1936)
• 1858 » Charles W. Chesnutt, American novelist and short story writer († 1932)
• 1860 » Alexander Winton, Scottish-American race car driver and engineer († 1932)
• 1860 » Jack Worrall, Australian cricketer, footballer, and coach († 1937)
• 1861 » Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1947)
• 1865 » George Redmayne Murray, English biologist and physician († 1939)
• 1866 » James Burns, English cricketer († 1957)
• 1869 » Laxmanrao Kirloskar, Indian businessman, founded the Kirloskar Group († 1956)
• 1870 » Georges Dufrénoy, French painter and academic († 1943)
• 1872 » George Carpenter, American 5th General of The Salvation Army († 1948)

• 1820 » Manuel Belgrano, Argentinian general, economist, and politician (b. 1770)
• 1837 » William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1765)
• 1840 » Pierre Claude François Daunou, French historian and politician (b. 1761)
• 1847 » Juan Larrea, Argentinian captain and politician (b. 1782)
• 1869 » Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese commander (b. 1835)
• 1870 » Jules de Goncourt, French historian and author (b. 1830)
• 1872 » Élie Frédéric Forey, French general (b. 1804)
• 1875 » Joseph Meek, American police officer and politician (b. 1810)
• 1888 » Johannes Zukertort, Polish-English chess player (b. 1842)
• 1906 » John Clayton Adams, English painter (b. 1840)

• 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 21 » American Civil War: Battle of Valverde is fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.
• June 5 » As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
• July 4 » Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels.
• September 8 » Millennium of Russia monument is unveiled in Novgorod.
• December 26 » The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, where 38 Native Americans died.
• December 31 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln signs an act that admits West Virginia to the Union, thus dividing Virginia in two.

The temperature on June 20, 1862 was about 12.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.