Historical Events In 1862

Nov 25   On this day in history ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer   

Nov 26   In the year 1862 mark A Stein, archaeologist   

Nov 28   Battle at Cane Hill, Arkansas (475 casualties) in the year 1862.   

Nov 29   In the year 1862 friedrich Klose, composer   

Dec 03   Jules Renkin, Belgian jurist/minister/premier (1931-32) in the year 1862.   

Dec 05   Battle of Coffeeville, MS on this day in history.   

Dec 06   Pres Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux indians on this day in history.   

Dec 07   Battle of Hartsville, TN in the year 1862.   

Dec 07   In the year 1862 paul Adam, French writer (La Bataille d'Uhde)   

Dec 07   In the year 1862 sylvester Churchill, US Union brig-general, dies   

Dec 08   On this day in history georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's)   

Dec 09   Karel Kovarovic, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 12   Battle of Dumfries, VA on this day in history.   

Dec 12   On this day in history confederate torpedo (mine) sinks USS Cairo in Yazoo River.   

Dec 13   On this day in history battle of Fredericksburg, VA (Marye's Heights)   

Dec 13   Battle of Fredericksburg, Va; South beats North in the year 1862.   

Dec 13   Conrad Feger Jackson, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 49 on this day in history.   

Dec 14   On this day in history alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [OS]   

Dec 14   In the year 1862 george Dashiell Bayard, Union brig general, dies at 27   

Dec 16   Eugene Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la robe) in the year 1862.   

Dec 16   In the year 1862 kingdom of Nepal accepts its constitution   

Dec 17   In the year 1862 gen US Grant issues order #11, expelling Jews from Tennessee   

Dec 17   On this day in history general US Grant issues order #11, expelling Jews from Tennessee   

Dec 18   On this day in history battle at Lexington, Tennessee (Forrest's Second Raid)   

Dec 18   In the year 1862 johnson Kelly Duncan, architect/Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 35   

Dec 18   In the year 1862 the first orthopedic hospital is organized in New York City (The Hospital for the Ruptured and Crippled).   

Dec 19   On this day in history skirmish at Jackson/Salem Church, Tenn (80 casualties)   

Dec 20   In the year 1862 -Dec 20th] Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA   

Dec 20   On this day in history robert Knox   

Dec 22   In the year 1862 -Jan 2nd) Raid on Morgan's: Bardstown to Elizabethtown, KY   

Dec 22   Connie Mack, HOF baseball executive/manager (Phila A's 1900-1950) on this day in history.   

Dec 23   In the year 1862 henri Pirenne, Belgian historian (History of Belgium)   

Dec 23   In the year 1862 union Gen Ben "Beast" Butler is proclaimed a "felon, outlaw & common enemy of mankind" by Jefferson Davis   

Dec 23   In the year 1862 union General Ben "Beast" Butler is proclaimed a "felon, outlaw & common enemy of mankind" by Jefferson Davis   

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Jan 01   In the year 1862 birth of snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other places (d. 1939)   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co)   

Jan 17   John E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher was born in the year 1862.   

Jan 23   In the year 1862 birth of david Hilbert, Königsberg East Prussia, mathematician   

Jan 24   On this day in history birth of edith Wharton[-Jones], US, novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth)   

Jan 29   Frederick Delius, Bradford England, composer (Hiawatha) was born in the year 1862.   

Jan 30   Walter Johannes Damrosch, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   In the year 1862 death of mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801)   

Jan 05   On this day in history joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81   

Jan 10   Samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

Jan 18   John Tyler, 10th US pres (1841-45), dies in Richmond Va at 71 on this day in history.   

Jan 20   In the year 1862 death of felix Zollicoffer, Gen killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines   

Jan 24   On this day in history james McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33   

Feb 03   Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87 in the year 1862.   

Feb 07   On this day in history frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61