What Happened in 1862

1862 — year

Battle of Fredericksburg — 1862 major battle of the American Civil War

Second Battle of Bull Run — 1862 major battle of the American Civil War

Dungan revolt — Muslim minority revolt against Qing dynasty China

Dakota War of 1862 — armed conflict between the United States and several bands of the eastern Sioux

Emancipation Proclamation — executive order issued by president Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 that freed southern slaves

Battle of Antietam — 1862 major battle of the American Civil War

Blood and Iron — Otto von Bismarck speech in 1862

Battle of Puebla — 1862 part of the French intervention in Mexico

treaty of Saigon — 1862 treaty between Vietnam and France