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

Oct 18   In the year 1863 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) on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1863.  

Oct 26   Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Oct 28   In the year 1863 battle at Wauhatchie Georgia: 865 killed or injured  

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

Oct 29   In the year 1863 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   The International Red Cross is established on this day in history.  

Oct 31   Louis Ludwig Blenker, German/US brig-general (Union), dies at 51 in the year 1863.  

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   On this day in history alfred Reisenauer, composer  

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   In the year 1863 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   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   In the year 1863 bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee  

Nov 14   Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakelite) in the year 1863.  

Nov 14   Skirmish at Danville, Mississippi in the year 1863.  

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

Nov 16   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1863.  

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 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   David Lloyd George, (L-PM-Britain, 1916-22) was born on this day in history.  

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 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   On this day in history e J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies at 73  

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

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

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

Mar 28   James Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52 in the year 1863.