What Happened In January 1862 - Historical Events 1862 January

Historical Events for January, 1862

16th » Hartley Colliery Disaster: 204 men and boys killed in a mining disaster, prompted a change in UK law which henceforth required all collieries to have at least two independent means of escape.
19th » American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs The Confederate States of America known as Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.
24th » Bucharest is proclaimed the capital of Romania.
30th » The first American ironclad warship, the USS e.g Monitor is launched.
31st » Alvan Graham Clark discovers the white dwarf star Sirius B, a companion of Sirius, through an convert 18.5 in cm adj=on telescope now located at Northwestern University.

3rd » Matthew Nathan, English soldier and politician, 13th Governor of Queensland (d. 1939)
8th » Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday (publisher) or Doubleday Publishing Company (d. 1934)
23rd » David Hilbert, German mathematician (d. 1943)
24th » Edith Wharton, American author (d. 1937)
27th » Eustaquio de Escandón, Mexican polo player (d. 1933)
29th » Frederick Delius, English composer (d. 1934)
30th » Walter Damrosch, German-American conductor and composer (d. 1950)

1st » Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801)
18th » John Tyler, American politician, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)
21st » Božena Němcová, Czech author (b. 1820)