Historical Events In 1862

Nov 25   Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer in the year 1862.  

Nov 26   On this day in history mark A Stein, archaeologist  

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

Dec 07   Sylvester Churchill, US Union brig-general, dies on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1862 battle of Dumfries, VA  

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

Dec 13   In the year 1862 battle of Fredericksburg, VA (Marye's Heights)  

Dec 13   On this day in history battle of Fredericksburg, Va; South beats North  

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

Dec 16   On this day in history eugene Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la robe)  

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

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

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

Dec 18   In the year 1862 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   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) on this day in history.  

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

Dec 20   Robert Knox on this day in history.  

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   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 in the year 1862.  

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Jan 01   On this day in history 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   In the year 1862 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   David Hilbert, Königsberg East Prussia, mathematician was born on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1862 birth of walter Johannes Damrosch, composer  

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

Jan 05   In the year 1862 joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81  

Jan 10   Samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47 in the year 1862.  

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