About the day » Thursday July 24, 1862Calender converter

• Arend Overbeeke, Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1886)
• Anna Caesar, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1937)
• Adriaan Boers, Udenhout († 1864)
• Albert Hol, Tricht († 1922)
• Adrianus Seele, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
• Baukje Hemmes, Franekerdeel († 1863)
• Anna Petronella van Hoek, Gilze en Rijen († 1862)
• Aagje Broerse, Assendelft († 1938)
• Bernard Jan Hendrik Ovink, Dinxperloo († 1944)
• Alphonsius HEEMERYCK, Staden († 1897)

• Aukje Fokkes Postma (62)
• Barbara Bakker (74), ridderkerk (zuid holland)
• Bernardus Joannes Van Eersel (54), Rotterdam
• Aukjen Fokkes van der Veen (63), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Vosteen (77)
• Aukje Fokkes Postma (62), Smallingerland, Fr, Nederland
• Barber Arijsd BAKKER (74), Ridderkerk
• Aaltje WIERSEMA (36), Aduard, Groningen, Nederland
• Aukje Fokkes Postma ongehuwd (62), Smallingerland, Fr, Nederland
• BROERSE (0), Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1851 » Friedrich Schottky, Polish-German mathematician and theorist († 1935)
• 1856 » Émile Picard, French mathematician and academic († 1941)
• 1857 » Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1943)
• 1857 » Juan Vicente Gómez, Venezuelan general and politician, 27th President of Venezuela († 1935)
• 1860 » Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter and illustrator († 1939)
• 1860 » Princess Charlotte of Prussia († 1919)
• 1864 » Frank Wedekind, German actor and playwright († 1918)
• 1867 » E. F. Benson, English archaeologist and author († 1940)
• 1867 » Fred Tate, English cricketer and coach († 1943)
• 1867 » Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet († 1908)

• 1768 » Nathaniel Lardner, English theologian and author (b. 1684)
• 1862 » Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1891 » Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (b. 1827)
• 1908 » Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet (b. 1867)
• 1910 » Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (b. 1841)
• 1927 » Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (b. 1917)
• 1965 » Constance Bennett, American actress and producer (b. 1904)
• 1966 » Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934)

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.
• 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.
• March 13 » The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves was passed by the United States Congress, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
• April 16 » American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law.
• April 25 » American Civil War: Forces under U.S. Admiral David Farragut demand the surrender of the Confederate city of New Orleans, Louisiana.
• May 1 » American Civil War: The Union Army completes its capture of New Orleans.
• July 1 » Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, second daughter of Queen Victoria, marries Prince Louis of Hesse, the future Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse.

The temperature on July 24, 1862 was about 21.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.