Historical Events In 1862

Jun 30   In the year 1862 day 6 of the 7 Days-Battle of White Oak Swamp   

Jun 30   In the year 1862 richard Griffith, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 48   

Jul 01   In the year 1862 battle at Booneville Mississippi: Confed superior power driven out   

Jul 01   Day 7 of the 7 Days-Battle of Malvern Hill on this day in history.   

Jul 02   Lincoln signs act granting land for state agricultural colleges on this day in history.   

Jul 02   In the year 1862 the birth of William Henry Bragg, English physicist   

Jul 03   On this day in history friedrich Ernst Koch, composer   

Jul 03   William Barksdale, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 40 on this day in history.   

Jul 04   Battle at Green River Ky (Morgan's Ohio Raid) in the year 1862.   

Jul 04   In the year 1862 lewis Carroll creates Alice in Wonderland for Alice P Liddell   

Jul 06   In the year 1862 skirmish at Devall's Bluff Arkansas (106 casualties)   

Jul 07   Land Grant Act endows state colleges with federal land on this day in history.   

Jul 08   Odore R Timby patents revolving gun turret in the year 1862.   

Jul 09   In the year 1862 gen John Hunt Morgan captures Tompkinsville, Ky   

Jul 10   On this day in history uS begins construction of Central Pacific Railroad   

Jul 11   On this day in history lincoln appoints General Halleck general-in-chief   

Jul 11   Liza Nina Mary Frederica Lehmann, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 12   Congress authorizes Medal of Honor on this day in history.   

Jul 12   In the year 1862 the United States Medal of Honor is created   

Jul 13   On this day in history battle of Murfreesboro, TN (Forrest's Raid) US895 CS150   

Jul 14   On this day in history florence Bascom, US, 1st American woman PhD   

Jul 14   In the year 1862 the birth of Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter   

Jul 15   In the year 1862 cSS Arkansas vs USS Cardondelet & Queen of the West engage at Yazoo R   

Jul 15   David Emanuel Twiggs, US Confederate gen-mjr (Monterrey), dies at 72 in the year 1862.   

Jul 16   David G Farragut became first rear admiral in US Navy on this day in history.   

Jul 16   On this day in history david G Farragut is 1st rear admiral in US Navy   

Jul 16   In the year 1862 ida Bell Wells-Barnett [Iola], US civil rights activist   

Jul 17   In the year 1862 naval Engagement at Pascagoula River MS: USS Potomac Expedition   

Jul 17   US army authorized to accept blacks as laborers on this day in history.   

Jul 18   Battle of Newburgh, IN in the year 1862.   

Jul 18   Victor, Prince Napoleon (Napoleon V), French pretender to throne on this day in history.   

Jul 19   Forrest's 1st raid on this day in history.   

Jul 19   Forrest's first raid on this day in history.   

Jul 20   Guerrilla campaign in GA (Porter's & Poindexter's) [->SEP 20] US580 CS2866 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   Sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other places (d. 1939) was born in the year 1862.   

Jan 08   Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co) was born in the year 1862.   

Jan 17   In the year 1862 birth of john E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher   

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

Jan 24   In the year 1862 birth of edith Wharton[-Jones], US, novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth)   

Jan 29   On this day in history birth of frederick Delius, Bradford England, composer (Hiawatha)   

Jan 30   On this day in history birth of walter Johannes Damrosch, composer   

Jan 01   Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801) died on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1862.   

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 in the year 1862.   

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

Jan 24   James McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33 on this day in history.   

Feb 03   On this day in history jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87   

Feb 07   Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.