About the day » Tuesday September 2, 1862Calender converter

• Andries Feijt, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1919)
• Abraham Spijker, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands († 1940)
• Alida Apon, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Alphonsus Joannes Maria Diepenbrock, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands († 1921)
• "Amélie" Julie Gabrielle Marie de Ravinel, Metz, Moselle, France († 1937)
• Anna Jansje Tros, Hoorn († 1951)
• Aaltje Jansen, Markelo († 1888)
• Albert Steen, Avereest († 1921)
• Andries Feijt, Harderwijk
• Alphons Joannes Maria Diepenbrock, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1921)

• Antje Reids de Jong (38), Marssum
• Carolus Van Den Plas (57), Vlimmeren
• Christina Hufener (65), Montfoort
• Antje Reids de Jong (Jongsma) (38), Marssum
• Berendjen van Weeghel (18), Hattem, Gld, The Netherlands
• Caroline Dorothea Lee (76), Charleston, South Carolina
• Adriaan de Bresser (49), Loon op Zand
• Amelia Nuyttens (50), Moorslede,8890,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Anne PRESTON (70), St. Marylebone London England U.K
• Abigah Yeager (74), Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama, Verenigde Staten

• 1850 » Albert Spalding, American baseball player, manager, and businessman, co-founded the Spalding Sporting Goods Company († 1915)
• 1850 » Eugene Field, American author and poet († 1895)
• 1852 » Paul Bourget, French author and critic († 1935)
• 1853 » Wilhelm Ostwald, Latvian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1932)
• 1854 » Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist († 1910)
• 1856 » John Bowser, English-Australian politician, 26th Premier of Victoria († 1936)
• 1862 » Franjo Krežma, Croatian violinist and composer († 1881)
• 1865 » Simeón Ola, Filipino general and politician († 1952)
• 1866 » Charles Vintcent, South African cricketer and rugby player († 1943)
• 1873 » Lily Poulett-Harris, Australian cricketer and educator († 1897)

• 1813 » Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (b. 1763)
• 1820 » Jiaqing Emperor of China (b. 1760)
• 1832 » Franz Xaver von Zach, Hungarian-French astronomer and academic (b. 1754)
• 1834 » Thomas Telford, Scottish engineer and architect, designed the Menai Suspension Bridge (b. 1757)
• 1865 » William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1805)
• 1872 » N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish pastor, philosopher, and author (b. 1783)
• 1877 » Constantine Kanaris, Greek admiral and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1793)
• 1885 » Giuseppe Bonavia, Maltese architect (b. 1821)
• 1898 » Wilford Woodruff, American religious leader, 4th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1807)
• 1910 » Henri Rousseau, French painter (b. 1844)

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.
• March 23 » American Civil War: The First Battle of Kernstown, Virginia, marks the start of Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Although a Confederate defeat, the engagement distracts Federal efforts to capture Richmond.
• July 15 » The CSS Arkansas, the most effective ironclad on the Mississippi River, battles with Union ships commanded by Admiral David Farragut, severely damaging three ships and sustaining heavy damage herself. The encounter changed the complexion of warfare on the Mississippi and helped to reverse Rebel fortunes on the river in the summer of 1862.
• November 5 » American Indian Wars: In Minnesota, 303 Dakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to hang. 38 are ultimately executed and the others reprieved.
• November 7 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside was assigned to command the Army of the Potomac in Antietam, Maryland. After Union General George B. McClellan refused to pursue Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia after their retreat from the Battle of Antietam.
• November 9 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan is removed.
• December 12 » American Civil War: USSCairo sinks on the Yazoo River.

The temperature on September 2, 1862 was about 15.6 °C. There was 12 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.