Historical Events In 1862

Nov 25   Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history friedrich Klose, composer  

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

Dec 05   In the year 1862 battle of Coffeeville, MS  

Dec 06   Pres Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux indians in the year 1862.  

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   Sylvester Churchill, US Union brig-general, dies in the year 1862.  

Dec 08   On this day in history georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's)  

Dec 09   Karel Kovarovic, composer in the year 1862.  

Dec 12   In the year 1862 battle of Dumfries, VA  

Dec 12   Confederate torpedo (mine) sinks USS Cairo in Yazoo River in the year 1862.  

Dec 13   Battle of Fredericksburg, VA (Marye's Heights) on this day in history.  

Dec 13   In the year 1862 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   In the year 1862 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   Gen US Grant issues order #11, expelling Jews from Tennessee in the year 1862.  

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) in the year 1862.  

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) in the year 1862.  

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   On this day in history -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   Henri Pirenne, Belgian historian (History of Belgium) on this day in history.  

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   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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1862.  

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 in the year 1862.  

Jan 30   Walter Johannes Damrosch, composer was born in the year 1862.  

Jan 01   Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801) died on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1862.  

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   Felix Zollicoffer, Gen killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines died on this day in history.  

Jan 24   In the year 1862 james McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33  

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