Historical Events In 1862

Dec 24   On this day in history joseph Funk, composer, dies at 84  

Dec 25   In the year 1862 40,000 watch the Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, SC  

Dec 25   40,000 watch Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, SC in the year 1862.  

Dec 26   In the year 1862 -Dec 28th) Battle of Dumfries, VA  

Dec 26   On this day in history 38 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato  

Dec 26   Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [NS] in the year 1862.  

Dec 26   First US navy hospital ship enters service on this day in history.  

Dec 27   In the year 1862 battle of Chickasaw Bluffs, MS (Chickasaw Bayou)  

Dec 28   In the year 1862 joaquim Casimiro Junior, composer, dies at 54  

Dec 29   Battle of Chichasaw Bayou: confederate armies defeat Gen Sherman in the year 1862.  

Dec 31   -Jan 20th) Battle of Stone's River, TN (Stone River, Monfreesboro) in the year 1862.  

Dec 31   On this day in history james Edward Rains, lawyer/Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 29  

Dec 31   In the year 1862 president Lincoln signs act admitting West Virginia to the Union  

Dec 31   USS Monitor founders in a storm off Cape Hatteras, NC.1862 Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee in the year 1862.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1862 birth of snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera)  

Jan 03   In the year 1862 birth of sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other places (d. 1939)  

Jan 08   Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co) was born in the year 1862.  

Jan 17   In the year 1862 birth of john E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher  

Jan 23   On this day in history birth of david Hilbert, Königsberg East Prussia, mathematician  

Jan 24   In the year 1862 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   Walter Johannes Damrosch, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   On this day in history death of mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801)  

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

Jan 10   Samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 03   On this day in history jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87  

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