Historical Events In 1863

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

Oct 16   In the year 1863 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   On this day in history battle of Charlestown, WV  

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

Oct 19   On this day in history john Huston Finley, Ill, editor (NY Times (1937-38)  

Oct 21   In the year 1863 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   On this day in history football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer  

Oct 26   Soccer rules standardized; rugby starts as a separate game in the year 1863.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 01   Alfred Reisenauer, composer in the year 1863.  

Nov 01   In the year 1863 fortifications built on Angel Island (San Francisco Bay) by troops  

Nov 03   Battle of Grand Coteau, GA in the year 1863.  

Nov 03   On this day in history eugene Samuel-Holeman, composer  

Nov 06   On this day in history battle of Rogersville TN  

Nov 07   In the year 1863 battle of Rappahannock Station & Kelly's Ford, VA  

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

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1863 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   Vivekananda, Calcutta, Hindu religious leader/reformer was born in the year 1863.  

Jan 14   Pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator was born in the year 1863.  

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

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

Jan 17   David Lloyd George, (L-PM-Britain, 1916-22) was born in the year 1863.  

Jan 02   Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   On this day in history ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71  

Jan 10   Lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775) died in the year 1863.  

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 in the year 1863.  

Mar 17   John Pelham, US Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24 on this day in history.  

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