Historical Events In 1863

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

Oct 16   On this day in history austen Chamberlain, British Foreign Secretary (Nobel 1925)  

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 in the year 1863.  

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

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   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   Dutch railway to Harlingen opens in the year 1863.  

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

Oct 29   International Red Cross founded by Henri Dunant on this day in history.  

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   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   In the year 1863 -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 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   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 on this day in history.  

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   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   In the year 1863 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 in the year 1863.  

Jan 15   Wilhelm Marx, premier (Prussia) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 17   On this day in history 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 in the year 1863.  

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 in the year 1863.  

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   In the year 1863 edwin Vose Sumner, US Union-general-major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66  

Mar 28   In the year 1863 james Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52