Historical Events In 1862

Nov 25   In the year 1862 ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer  

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

Nov 28   Battle at Cane Hill, Arkansas (475 casualties) on this day in history.  

Nov 29   Friedrich Klose, composer in the year 1862.  

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

Dec 05   In the year 1862 battle of Coffeeville, MS  

Dec 06   Pres Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux indians in the year 1862.  

Dec 07   On this day in history battle of Hartsville, TN  

Dec 07   Paul Adam, French writer (La Bataille d'Uhde) in the year 1862.  

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

Dec 08   Georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's) on this day in history.  

Dec 09   On this day in history karel Kovarovic, composer  

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

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

Dec 13   Battle of Fredericksburg, VA (Marye's Heights) in the year 1862.  

Dec 13   In the year 1862 battle of Fredericksburg, Va; South beats North  

Dec 13   On this day in history conrad Feger Jackson, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 49  

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

Dec 14   George Dashiell Bayard, Union brig general, dies at 27 in the year 1862.  

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   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) in the year 1862.  

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

Dec 18   The first orthopedic hospital is organized in New York City (The Hospital for the Ruptured and Crippled) on this day in history.  

Dec 19   Skirmish at Jackson/Salem Church, Tenn (80 casualties) in the year 1862.  

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

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   In the year 1862 connie Mack, HOF baseball executive/manager (Phila A's 1900-1950)  

Dec 23   Henri Pirenne, Belgian historian (History of Belgium) in the year 1862.  

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

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

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Jan 01   Snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1862 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   On this day in history birth of john E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher  

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

Jan 24   Edith Wharton[-Jones], US, novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 29   In the year 1862 birth of frederick Delius, Bradford England, composer (Hiawatha)  

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

Jan 01   Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801) died in the year 1862.  

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

Jan 10   In the year 1862 samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47  

Jan 18   In the year 1862 john Tyler, 10th US pres (1841-45), dies in Richmond Va at 71  

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

Jan 24   In the year 1862 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 on this day in history.