Timeline January 1862

Events in January 1862 3

• 1790 – 1862 John Tyler 10th President — His Accidency John Tyler (Mar 29, 1790 – Jan 18, 1862) was the 10th President 1841-1845, first to assume office following a presidential death. He was expelled from his own party and is the only former president to have joined the Confederacy.
• 1814 – 1862 Samuel Colt (1814-1862) Died 10 January 1862, aged 47 Colt was an American inventor and industrialist who patented the first mass-produced revolver and built a firearms empire in Hartford, Connecticut. His manufacturing methods helped pioneer interchangeable-parts production.
• 1862 Moldavia and Wallachia form united Romania Single government and capital for the two principalities The Danubian principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, already joined under Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza, adopted a single government and parliament and took the name Romania, with Bucharest as capital. The union laid the foundation for the modern Romanian state.