1862

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	18th century – 19th century – 20th century
Decades:	1830s  1840s  1850s  – 1860s –  1870s  1880s  1890s
Years:	1859 1860 1861 – 1862 – 1863 1864 1865

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1862 (MDCCCLXII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1862nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 862nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 62nd year of the 19th century, and the 3rd year of the 1860s decade. As of the start of 1862, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• September 5: In the American Civil War, Confederate General Robert E. Lee invades Maryland, leading 55,000 soldiers from the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. They cross the Potomac River at White's Ford near Leesburg, Virginia. This is the Confederacy's first invasion of the North.

Births

• August 29 – Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928)
• September 25 – Billy Hughes, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1952)
• December 23 - Henri Pirenne, Belgian historian (d. 1935)

Deaths

January 18 - John Tyler, 71, tenth President of the United States, stroke (b. 1790)

July 24 - Martin Van Buren, 79, eighth President of the United States, bronchial asthma and heart failure (b. 1782)

1862 Media

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  American Civil War in 1862

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  January 30: USS Monitor.

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  February 6: Battle of Fort Henry.

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  December 13: Battle of Fredericksburg.

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  Dec. 30: Monitor sinks.

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  David Hilbert, wearing a dashing hat

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  EdithWhartonbyEdwardHarrisonMay

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  Photograph of Claude Debussy by Atelier Nadar (the studio of Nadar). From Album de référence de l'Atelier Nadar. Vol. 13. Albumen print from a silver bromide glass negative. 22.3 x 16.2 cm (not clear if that's with mount or not)