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

Nov 29   Friedrich Klose, composer on this day in history.  

Dec 03   In the year 1862 jules Renkin, Belgian jurist/minister/premier (1931-32)  

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   Battle of Hartsville, TN in the year 1862.  

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

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   In the year 1862 karel Kovarovic, composer  

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

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   Battle of Fredericksburg, Va; South beats North in the year 1862.  

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] in the year 1862.  

Dec 14   On this day in history george Dashiell Bayard, Union brig general, dies at 27  

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

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

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   In the year 1862 battle at Lexington, Tennessee (Forrest's Second Raid)  

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

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

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   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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1862 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   John E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher was born on this day in history.  

Jan 23   David Hilbert, Königsberg East Prussia, mathematician was born in the year 1862.  

Jan 24   In the year 1862 birth of edith Wharton[-Jones], US, novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth)  

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   On this day in history death of mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801)  

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   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   On this day in history james McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33  

Feb 03   Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

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