On February 26, 1862, King Kamehameha IV of the Hawaiian Islands commissioned Captain Zenas Bent and Johnson Beswick Wilkinson, both Hawaiian citizens, to take possession of the atoll, and on April 15, 1862, it was formally annexed to the Kingdom of Hawaii.

The family also provided two Holy Roman Emperors ( 1328 / 1742 ), one King of the Romans ( 1400 ), two Anti-Kings of Bohemia ( 1619 / 1742 ), one King of Hungary ( 1305 ), one King of Denmark and Norway ( 1440 ) and a King of Greece ( 1832 – 1862 ).

On 24 September 1861, Crown Princess Victoria introduced her brother Albert Edward to Alexandra at Speyer, but it was not until almost a year later on 9 September 1862 ( after his affair with Nellie Clifden and the death of his father ) that Albert Edward proposed to Alexandra at the Royal Castle of Laeken, the home of his great-uncle, King Leopold I of Belgium.

* Albert Kamehameha ( 1858 – 1862 ), Crown Prince of Hawaii during his father King Kamehameha IV's reign

In 1862, Leonowens accepted an offer made by the Siamese consul in Singapore, Tan Kim Ching, to teach the wives and children of Mongkut, King of Siam.

It was originally called Hudson Town, after George Hudson, the " Railway King ;", but the settlement quickly became better known as Stratford New Town, which by 1862 had a population of 20, 000.

On the abdication of King Otto of Greece, in 1862, Prince Alfred was chosen to succeed him, but the British government blocked plans for him to ascend the Greek throne.

File: Dalziel Brothers after Edward Burne-Jones King Sigurd 1862. png | King Sigurd, woodcut engraving by the Dalziel Bros. after a pen-and-ink drawing, 1862

Following the overthrow of the Bavarian-born King Otto of Greece in October 1862, the Greek people had rejected Otto's brother and designated successor Leopold, although they still favored a monarchy rather than a republic.

* 6 February 1833 – 23 October 1862: His Majesty Othon the First, by the Grace of God, King of Greece, Prince of Bavaria

* 23 October 1862 – 26 July 1867: His Majesty King Otto of Greece

* After the downfall of the first King of Greece, the Bavarian Otto, on 23 October 1862, and Dimitrios Voulgaris ' unsuccessful term ( 23 October 1862 – 30 January 1863 ) as president of the Provisional Government, a Triumvirate ( 30 January – 30 October 1863 ) was established consisting of the same Dimitrios Voulgaris, the renowned Admiral Konstantinos Kanaris and Benizelos Rouphos, which acted as a regency until the arrival of the new monarch, the first " King of the Hellenes ", George I.

Outside of Thailand, he is best known as the King in the 1951 play and 1956 film The King and I, based on the 1946 film Anna and the King of Siamin turn based on the 1944 novel about Anna Leonowens ' years at his court, from 1862 to 1867.

The idea was summarily dismissed by Mexican President Benito Juarez, but in 1862 Lincoln did manage to establish a short-lived colony of ex-slaves on Île à Vache off the coast of Haiti.

Lafayette Baker swept through Surrattsville again in 1862, during which time several postmasters were dismissed for disloyalty.

Lincoln dismissed McClellan from command of the Army of the Potomac in November 1862, and Gardner ’ s role as chief army photographer diminished.

* 1862 – Andrew Fisher, Australian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Australia ( d. 1928 )

* 1862 – Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.

* 1934 – Louis Barthou, Prime Minister of France ( assassinated ) ( b. 1862 )

* Prime ministers of Romania ( since 1862 )

** Arvid Lindman, Prime Minister of Sweden ( b. 1862 )

* October 22 – Andrew Fisher, fifth Prime Minister of Australia ( b. 1862 )

The arrival of Prime Minister Lord Palmerston for the opening of the Hartley Institute on 15 October 1862

On 15 October 1862, the Hartley Institute was opened by the Prime Minister Lord Palmerston in a major civic occasion which exceeded in splendor anything that anyone in the town could remember.

Aristide Briand (; 28 March 1862 – 7 March 1932 ) was a French statesman who served eleven terms as Prime Minister of France during the French Third Republic and was a co-laureate of the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize.

His memorandum against intervention in September 1862 drew Prime Minister Palmerston's attention.

* September 7-Laura Borden, wife of Robert Borden, 8th Prime Minister of Canada ( b. 1862 )

He was the first Prime Minister of Romania, in 1862, until he was assassinated on 20 June that year.

* Joseph Abbott ( clergyman ) ( 1790 – 1862 ), Canadian, father of John Joseph Caldwell Abbott ( 3rd Prime Minister of Canada )

He served three terms as Prime Minister of Romania: from 1862 to 1863, again from 1865 to 1866, and finally in 1867.

* José Travassos Valdez, 1st Count of Bonfim ( 1787 – 1862 ): soldier, politician, Prime Minister of Portugal

* Billy Hughes ( 1862 – 1952 ): 7th Prime Minister of Australia.

This branch of the de Fiennes family came to America in the 19th century on behalf of King Leopold I of Belgium and was part of the negotiations with the Belgian Prime Minister, Charles Rogier ( 1800 – 1885 ), to secure the 1862 treaty between Belgium and what was then known as the Sandwich Islands and is now called Hawaii.

* Lyza Strang-circa 1862 ; directed Dracula to slay her husband so Otto von Bismarck would become Prime Minister of the German states ; betrayed Dracula, but was later transformed by him ; destroyed by Abraham van Helsing

In 1862, Barbu Bellu was named the minister of culture, but he resigned in June after Prime Minister Barbu Catargiu, his cousin, was assassinated.

Joseph Abbott ( baptized 10 June 1790 – 10 January 1862 ) was a Canadian clergyman in the Anglican Church of Canada, and the father of John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, the third Prime Minister of Canada.

The property was purchased by Henry Warre in 1862, having previously been tenanted by relatives of Spencer Perceval, the Prime Minister murdered in 1812.

Members of the government of the Kingdom of Italy had different takes on this issue, and the consequent inner tensions caused Prime Minister Bettino Ricasoli to resign in 1862.

Knut Hjalmar Leonard Hammarskjöld ( February 4, 1862 – October 12, 1953 ) was a Swedish politician, scholar, cabinet minister, Member of Parliament from 1923 to 1938 ( first chamber ), and Prime Minister of Sweden from 1914 to 1917.

Fisher was named after Andrew Fisher ( 1862 – 1928 ), coal miner, founding member of the federal parliamentary Labor Party and Prime Minister of Australia for three terms between 1908 and 1915 ( ACTLIC, 2004 ).

* Also the Bavarian Major General and War Minister Moritz Ritter von Spies ( 1805 – 1862 ) was born in Ansbach.

As Minister President of Prussia 1862 – 90, Bismarck provoked wars that made Prussia dominant over Austria and France, and lined up the smaller German states behind Prussia.

On 23 September 1862, Wilhelm appointed Bismarck Minister-President and Foreign Minister.

* Moritz Ritter von Spies ( 1805 – 1862 ), Bavarian Major General and War Minister

After the overthrow of King Othon in 1862 he became Minister of Justice of the temporary government.

As a young woman, she married Raharolahy ( Raharola ), a successful statesman in his own right who received 15 state honors and served as Secretary to the Embassy to Great Britain ( 1836 – 37 ), Second Minister for Foreign Affairs in French matters ( 1862 ), Minister for the Interior ( 1862 – 64 ), Counselor of Government ( 1864 – 65 ) and Governor of Toamasina ( 1865 ).

Edouard Thouvenel was the French Foreign Minister for all of 1861 until the fall of 1862.