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

Nov 29   On this day in history friedrich Klose, composer  

Dec 03   On this day in history jules Renkin, Belgian jurist/minister/premier (1931-32)  

Dec 05   Battle of Coffeeville, MS in the year 1862.  

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

Dec 07   Battle of Hartsville, TN on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1862.  

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) on this day in history.  

Dec 13   On this day in history 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   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   Eugene Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la robe) in the year 1862.  

Dec 16   Kingdom of Nepal accepts its constitution in the year 1862.  

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

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

Dec 18   Battle at Lexington, Tennessee (Forrest's Second Raid) in the year 1862.  

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) in the year 1862.  

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 in the year 1862.  

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

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 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   In the year 1862 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   In the year 1862 birth of john E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher  

Jan 23   David Hilbert, Königsberg East Prussia, mathematician was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Jan 18   On this day in history 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   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.