Historical Events In 1862

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

Nov 26   Mark A Stein, archaeologist in the year 1862.  

Nov 28   On this day in history battle at Cane Hill, Arkansas (475 casualties)  

Nov 29   Friedrich Klose, composer on this day in history.  

Dec 03   Jules Renkin, Belgian jurist/minister/premier (1931-32) on this day in history.  

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

Dec 06   In the year 1862 pres Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux indians  

Dec 07   In the year 1862 battle of Hartsville, TN  

Dec 07   On this day in history paul Adam, French writer (La Bataille d'Uhde)  

Dec 07   On this day in history 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   In the year 1862 karel Kovarovic, composer  

Dec 12   On this day in history battle of Dumfries, VA  

Dec 12   In the year 1862 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   In the year 1862 battle of Fredericksburg, Va; South beats North  

Dec 13   Conrad Feger Jackson, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 49 in the year 1862.  

Dec 14   Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [OS] on this day in history.  

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

Dec 16   In the year 1862 eugene Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la robe)  

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

Dec 17   Gen US Grant issues order #11, expelling Jews from Tennessee in the year 1862.  

Dec 17   General US Grant issues order #11, expelling Jews from Tennessee on this day in history.  

Dec 18   Battle at Lexington, Tennessee (Forrest's Second Raid) on this day in history.  

Dec 18   Johnson Kelly Duncan, architect/Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 35 in the year 1862.  

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   Skirmish at Jackson/Salem Church, Tenn (80 casualties) in the year 1862.  

Dec 20   On this day in history -Dec 20th] Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA  

Dec 20   In the year 1862 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   On this day in history union Gen Ben "Beast" Butler is proclaimed a "felon, outlaw & common enemy of mankind" by Jefferson Davis  

Dec 23   Union General Ben "Beast" Butler is proclaimed a "felon, outlaw & common enemy of mankind" by Jefferson Davis on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   Snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera) was born in the year 1862.  

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

Jan 08   In the year 1862 birth of frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co)  

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of john E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher  

Jan 23   David Hilbert, Königsberg East Prussia, mathematician was born in the year 1862.  

Jan 24   Edith Wharton[-Jones], US, novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth) was born in the year 1862.  

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

Jan 30   Walter Johannes Damrosch, composer was born in the year 1862.  

Jan 01   On this day in history death of mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801)  

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   Felix Zollicoffer, Gen killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines died on this day in history.  

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

Feb 03   In the year 1862 jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87  

Feb 07   Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1862.