1862 Calendar
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1862 Historical Event(s)
March 9, 1862
– American Civil War: The USS Monitor and Ship CSS fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
June 6, 1862
– American Civil War: Battle of Memphis – Union forces capture Memphis, Tennessee, from the Confederates.
June 7, 1862
– The United States and the United Kingdom agree to suppress the slave trade.
June 20, 1862
– Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
July 1, 1862
– American Civil War: the Battle of Malvern Hill takes place. It is the final battle in the Seven Days Campaign, part of George B. McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign.
July 4, 1862
– Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels.
July 12, 1862
– The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
July 27, 1862
– Sailing from San Francisco to Panama City, the SS Golden Gate catches fire and sinks off Manzanillo, Mexico, killing 231.
September 17, 1862
– American Civil War: George B. McClellan halts the northward drive of Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army in the single-day Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American history.
December 26, 1862
– American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins.
Who Were Born On 1862?
February 18, 1862
– Charles M. Schwab, American steel magnate (d. 1939)
March 4, 1862
– Jacob Robert Emden, Swiss astrophysicist and meteorologist (d. 1940)
June 10, 1862
– Mrs. Leslie Carter, American actress (d. 1937)
August 5, 1862
– Joseph Merrick, English sideshow performer (d. 1890)
August 7, 1862
– Victoria of Baden, Queen of Sweden (d. 1931)
September 7, 1862
– Sir Edgar Speyer, American-born British financier and philanthropist (d. 1932)
October 4, 1862
– Edward Stratemeyer, American author (d. 1930)
October 13, 1862
– Mary Kingsley, English writer and explorer (d. 1900)
November 9, 1862
– Gigo Gabashvili, Georgian painter (d. 1936)
December 8, 1862
– Georges Feydeau, French playwright (d. 1921)