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   On this day in history friedrich Klose, composer  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Dec 07   On this day in history sylvester Churchill, US Union brig-general, dies  

Dec 08   In the year 1862 georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's)  

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

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

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

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

Dec 13   Battle of Fredericksburg, Va; South beats North on this day in history.  

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   George Dashiell Bayard, Union brig general, dies at 27 on this day in history.  

Dec 16   Eugene Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la robe) on this day in history.  

Dec 16   Kingdom of Nepal accepts its constitution on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Dec 18   On this day in history johnson Kelly Duncan, architect/Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 35  

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

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

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

Dec 20   On this day in history robert Knox  

Dec 22   On this day in history -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   Union Gen Ben "Beast" Butler is proclaimed a "felon, outlaw & common enemy of mankind" by Jefferson Davis in the year 1862.  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

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   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 on this day in history.  

Jan 30   In the year 1862 birth of walter Johannes Damrosch, composer  

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

Jan 05   Joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Jan 10   On this day in history samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47  

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

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

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