7 April 1862 discovery of 73 Klytia

29 August 1862 discovery of 74 Galatea

22 September 1862 discovery of 75 Eurydike

21 October 1862 discovery of 76 Freia

12 November 1862 discovery of 77 Frigga

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3 February 1862 Birth of William Jackson Humphreys in Gap Mills, Virginia, USA

4 March 1862 , Birth of Robert Emden in Saint Gallen, Switzerland

11 April 1862 Birth of William Wallace Campbell

2 July 1862 Birth of William Henry Bragg

10 August 1862 Birth of William Joseph Hussey near Mendon, Ohio, USA

1862 Death of Edward Herrick