Historical Events In 1862

Mar 10   In the year 1862 great Britain & France recognizes independence of Zanzibar  

Mar 10   Great Britain &France recognizes independence of Zanzibar on this day in history.  

Mar 10   On this day in history uS issues paper money ($5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 &$1000)  

Mar 11   In the year 1862 general Stonewall Jackson evacuates Winchester Virginia  

Mar 11   On this day in history lincoln removes McClellen as general-in-chief & makes him head of  

Mar 11   Lincoln removes McClellen as general-in-chief &makes him head of Army of the Potomac. Gen Henry Halleck is named general-in-chief on this day in history.  

Mar 12   Jane Delano, US, nurse/teacher/founder (Red Cross) in the year 1862.  

Mar 13   In the year 1862 vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer  

Mar 14   Battle of New Bern NC General Burnside conquers New Bern on this day in history.  

Mar 14   Battle of New Bern NC: General Burnside conquers New Bern on this day in history.  

Mar 14   On this day in history vilhelm FK Bjerknes, Norwegian/US physicist/meteorology  

Mar 15   In the year 1862 gen John Hunt Morgan begins 4 days of raids near Gallatin, TN  

Mar 15   On this day in history general John Hunt Morgan begins 4 days of raids near Gallatin TN  

Mar 16   On this day in history battle at Pound Gap Kentucky: Confederates separate battles  

Mar 16   In the year 1862 battle at Pound Gap KY Confederates separate battles  

Mar 16   On this day in history battle at Pound Gap KY: Confederates separate battles  

Mar 17   In the year 1862 fromental Halevy, [Elie Levy], French opera composer, dies at 62  

Mar 19   In the year 1862 f Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari), dies at 73  

Mar 22   San Marino & Italy conclude treaty of friendship & cooperation on this day in history.  

Mar 23   Battle of Kernstown VA-Jackson begins his Valley Campaign on this day in history.  

Mar 23   Karl Robert von Nesselrode, German chancellor, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Mar 23   In the year 1862 nathaniel Reed, American outlaw turned evangelist (d.1950)  

Mar 26   Battle of La Glorieta Pass New Mexico Territory (Apache Canyon, Pigeon's Ranch) in the year 1862.  

Mar 26   On this day in history battle of La Glorieta Pass, NM Terr (Apache Canyon, Pigeon's Ranch)  

Mar 26   George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer in the year 1862.  

Mar 28   Aristide Briand, France, 11x premier (1909-22) (Nobel 1926) in the year 1862.  

Mar 28   In the year 1862 skirmish at Bealeton Station, Virginia  

Mar 31   In the year 1862 civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River  

Mar 31   On this day in history civil War action at Island #10 on the Mississippi River  

Apr 01   In the year 1862 shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA  

Apr 02   Nicholas Murray Butler, US, Columbia U pres/pacifist (Nobel 1931) on this day in history.  

Apr 03   In the year 1862 james Clark Ross, Arctic explorer, dies  

Apr 04   In the year 1862 battle of Yorktown begins  

Apr 04   Harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna), dies at 45 in the year 1862.  

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Jan 01   Snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera) was born in the year 1862.  

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   In the year 1862 birth of david Hilbert, Königsberg East Prussia, mathematician  

Jan 24   On this day in history 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   Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801) died in the year 1862.  

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   In the year 1862 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 in the year 1862.  

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 on this day in history.