Historical Events In 1863

Oct 15   Cliff House opens in SF (1st of many on the site) in the year 1863.  

Oct 16   In the year 1863 austen Chamberlain, British Foreign Secretary (Nobel 1925)  

Oct 16   Grant is given command of Union forces in West in the year 1863.  

Oct 18   In the year 1863 battle of Charlestown, WV  

Oct 19   On this day in history battle of Buckland Mills, VA  

Oct 19   John Huston Finley, Ill, editor (NY Times (1937-38) on this day in history.  

Oct 21   Lambertus GC Ledeboer, Dutch old-reformed vicar, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

Oct 24   Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer on this day in history.  

Oct 26   Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer in the year 1863.  

Oct 26   On this day in history soccer rules standardized; rugby starts as a separate game  

Oct 26   On this day in history worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva  

Oct 27   Dutch railway to Harlingen opens on this day in history.  

Oct 28   Battle at Wauhatchie Georgia: 865 killed or injured on this day in history.  

Oct 29   On this day in history international Red Cross founded by Henri Dunant  

Oct 29   On this day in history intl Comm of Red Cross forms (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963)  

Oct 29   On this day in history intl Comm of the Red Cross founded (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963)  

Oct 29   In the year 1863 the International Red Cross is established.  

Oct 31   In the year 1863 louis Ludwig Blenker, German/US brig-general (Union), dies at 51  

Oct 31   On this day in history the Maori Wars resumed as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron began their Invasion of the Waikato.  

Nov 01   -8] Averell's Raid (on)to Lewisburg, West Virginia in the year 1863.  

Nov 01   Alfred Reisenauer, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 01   Fortifications built on Angel Island (San Francisco Bay) by troops in the year 1863.  

Nov 03   On this day in history battle of Grand Coteau, GA  

Nov 03   Eugene Samuel-Holeman, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 06   On this day in history battle of Rogersville TN  

Nov 07   Battle of Rappahannock Station & Kelly's Ford, VA in the year 1863.  

Nov 08   René [Raphael] Viviani, French historian/social premier (1914-15) in the year 1863.  

Nov 13   On this day in history carnot Posey, Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 50  

Nov 14   In the year 1863 bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee  

Nov 14   Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakelite) on this day in history.  

Nov 14   On this day in history skirmish at Danville, Mississippi  

Nov 15   Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (childless), dies on this day in history.  

Nov 16   On this day in history battle of Campbell's Station TN, 492 casualities  

Nov 17   -Dec 4th) Battle of Knoxville, TN on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   Aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back) was born in the year 1863.  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of pierre de Coubertin, France, baron (revived Olympic games)  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17)  

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of vivekananda, Calcutta, Hindu religious leader/reformer  

Jan 14   Pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator was born on this day in history.  

Jan 15   Adolph Goldschmidt, German historian was born on this day in history.  

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of wilhelm Marx, premier (Prussia)  

Jan 17   In the year 1863 birth of david Lloyd George, (L-PM-Britain, 1916-22)  

Jan 02   Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35 in the year 1863.  

Jan 09   Ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Jan 10   On this day in history death of lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775)  

Jan 17   E J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Mar 11   Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (b. 1803) died on this day in history.  

Mar 17   In the year 1863 john Pelham, US Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24  

Mar 21   Edwin Vose Sumner, US Union-general-major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Mar 28   On this day in history james Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52