Historical Events In 1863

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

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 in the year 1863.  

Oct 18   Battle of Charlestown, WV on this day in history.  

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

Oct 26   In the year 1863 football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer  

Oct 26   Soccer rules standardized; rugby starts as a separate game on this day in history.  

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

Oct 27   On this day in history dutch railway to Harlingen opens  

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

Oct 29   International Red Cross founded by Henri Dunant in the year 1863.  

Oct 29   Intl Comm of Red Cross forms (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963) in the year 1863.  

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

Oct 29   On this day in history 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   On this day in history -8] Averell's Raid (on)to Lewisburg, West Virginia  

Nov 01   On this day in history alfred Reisenauer, composer  

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

Nov 03   In the year 1863 battle of Grand Coteau, GA  

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

Nov 14   Bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee in the year 1863.  

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   On this day in history frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (childless), dies  

Nov 16   In the year 1863 battle of Campbell's Station TN, 492 casualities  

Nov 17   In the year 1863 -Dec 4th) Battle of Knoxville, TN  

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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   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   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 on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Mar 21   Edwin Vose Sumner, US Union-general-major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66 in the year 1863.  

Mar 28   James Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52 on this day in history.