Historical Events In 1862

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

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

Nov 28   Battle at Cane Hill, Arkansas (475 casualties) in the year 1862.  

Nov 29   On this day in history friedrich Klose, composer  

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

Dec 05   In the year 1862 battle of Coffeeville, MS  

Dec 06   On this day in history pres Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux indians  

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

Dec 07   Paul Adam, French writer (La Bataille d'Uhde) on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1862.  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

Dec 14   In the year 1862 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   Kingdom of Nepal accepts its constitution on this day in history.  

Dec 17   In the year 1862 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   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 on this day in history.  

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

Dec 20   Robert Knox in the year 1862.  

Dec 22   In the year 1862 -Jan 2nd) Raid on Morgan's: Bardstown to Elizabethtown, KY  

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

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co)  

Jan 17   John E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1862.  

Jan 29   Frederick Delius, Bradford England, composer (Hiawatha) was born on this day in history.  

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

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   James McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33 in the year 1862.  

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

Feb 07   On this day in history frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61