Historical Events In 1863

Oct 15   Cliff House opens in SF (1st of many on site) on this day in history.  

Oct 15   On this day in history cliff House opens in SF (1st of many on the site)  

Oct 16   Austen Chamberlain, British Foreign Secretary (Nobel 1925) on this day in history.  

Oct 16   On this day in history grant is given command of Union forces in West  

Oct 18   On this day in history battle of Charlestown, WV  

Oct 19   Battle of Buckland Mills, VA on this day in history.  

Oct 19   John Huston Finley, Ill, editor (NY Times (1937-38) in the year 1863.  

Oct 21   On this day in history lambertus GC Ledeboer, Dutch old-reformed vicar, dies at 55  

Oct 24   On this day in history manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer  

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

Oct 26   In the year 1863 soccer rules standardized; rugby starts as a separate game  

Oct 26   Worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva in the year 1863.  

Oct 27   Dutch railway to Harlingen opens in the year 1863.  

Oct 28   Battle at Wauhatchie Georgia: 865 killed or injured in the year 1863.  

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   Intl Comm of the Red Cross founded (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963) on this day in history.  

Oct 29   On this day in history the International Red Cross is established.  

Oct 31   On this day in history 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   In the year 1863 alfred Reisenauer, composer  

Nov 01   On this day in history fortifications built on Angel Island (San Francisco Bay) by troops  

Nov 03   Battle of Grand Coteau, GA on this day in history.  

Nov 03   In the year 1863 eugene Samuel-Holeman, composer  

Nov 06   Battle of Rogersville TN on this day in history.  

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) on this day in history.  

Nov 13   In the year 1863 carnot Posey, Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 50  

Nov 14   On this day in history bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee  

Nov 14   In the year 1863 leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakelite)  

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

Nov 15   In the year 1863 frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (childless), dies  

Nov 16   Battle of Campbell's Station TN, 492 casualities on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back)  

Jan 01   Pierre de Coubertin, France, baron (revived Olympic games) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 12   In the year 1863 birth of vivekananda, Calcutta, Hindu religious leader/reformer  

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator  

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

Jan 15   Wilhelm Marx, premier (Prussia) was born in the year 1863.  

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

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

Jan 09   Ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1863.  

Jan 10   In the year 1863 death of lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775)  

Jan 17   E J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies at 73 in the year 1863.  

Mar 11   In the year 1863 death of sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (b. 1803)  

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 in the year 1863.  

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