Historical Events In 1863

Oct 15   In the year 1863 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   Grant is given command of Union forces in West on this day in history.  

Oct 18   Battle of Charlestown, WV in the year 1863.  

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

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 in the year 1863.  

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

Oct 26   In the year 1863 worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva  

Oct 27   In the year 1863 dutch railway to Harlingen opens  

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

Oct 29   In the year 1863 international Red Cross founded by Henri Dunant  

Oct 29   In the year 1863 intl Comm of Red Cross forms (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963)  

Oct 29   In the year 1863 intl Comm of the Red Cross founded (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963)  

Oct 29   The International Red Cross is established in the year 1863.  

Oct 31   On this day in history louis Ludwig Blenker, German/US brig-general (Union), dies at 51  

Oct 31   In the year 1863 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 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 01   In the year 1863 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   In the year 1863 battle of Rappahannock Station & Kelly's Ford, VA  

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

Nov 13   Carnot Posey, Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 50 in the year 1863.  

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   Skirmish at Danville, Mississippi on this day in history.  

Nov 15   Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (childless), dies in the year 1863.  

Nov 16   Battle of Campbell's Station TN, 492 casualities in the year 1863.  

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

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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 in the year 1863.  

Jan 12   Vivekananda, Calcutta, Hindu religious leader/reformer was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of adolph Goldschmidt, German historian  

Jan 15   In the year 1863 birth of wilhelm Marx, premier (Prussia)  

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of david Lloyd George, (L-PM-Britain, 1916-22)  

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   Lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775) died on this day in history.  

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

Mar 11   Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (b. 1803) died in the year 1863.  

Mar 17   On this day in history 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   In the year 1863 james Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52