Historical Events In 1863

Oct 15   In the year 1863 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   Battle of Charlestown, WV on this day in history.  

Oct 19   In the year 1863 battle of Buckland Mills, VA  

Oct 19   John Huston Finley, Ill, editor (NY Times (1937-38) on this day in history.  

Oct 21   On this day in history lambertus GC Ledeboer, Dutch old-reformed vicar, dies at 55  

Oct 24   In the year 1863 manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer  

Oct 26   On this day in history football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer  

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

Oct 26   Worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva in the year 1863.  

Oct 27   Dutch railway to Harlingen opens on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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   In the year 1863 -8] Averell's Raid (on)to Lewisburg, West Virginia  

Nov 01   In the year 1863 alfred Reisenauer, composer  

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

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

Nov 03   Eugene Samuel-Holeman, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 06   Battle of Rogersville TN on this day in history.  

Nov 07   Battle of Rappahannock Station & Kelly's Ford, VA in the year 1863.  

Nov 08   On this day in history rené [Raphael] Viviani, French historian/social premier (1914-15)  

Nov 13   Carnot Posey, Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1863.  

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   -Dec 4th) Battle of Knoxville, TN in the year 1863.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1863 birth of aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back)  

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 in the year 1863.  

Jan 15   In the year 1863 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 10   On this day in history death of lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775)  

Jan 17   In the year 1863 e J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies at 73  

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 in the year 1863.  

Mar 21   On this day in history 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.