Historical Events In 1863

Mar 21   In the year 1863 naval Engagement at Havana Cuba-USS Henrick Hudson vs BR Wild Pigeon  

Mar 23   Godfried CE van Daalen, Dutch general/governor of Atjeh in the year 1863.  

Mar 24   Bushrangers Charles Robardi and Auguste Rivet stand trial at Goulburn, NSW, for murdering mail carrier Daniel Crotty. ( on this day in history.  

Mar 25   On this day in history 1st Army Medal of Honor awarded  

Mar 25   On this day in history skirmish at Brentwood TN  

Mar 25   The first Army Medal of Honor awarded on this day in history.  

Mar 26   Voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves in the year 1863.  

Mar 27   On this day in history henry Royce, automobile founder (Rolls-Royce)  

Mar 27   In the year 1863 president Davis calls for this to be a day of fasting & prayer  

Mar 27   On this day in history the birth of Sir Henry Royce, The motor car designer of Rolls Royce fame  

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

Mar 30   Danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg chosen as king George of Greece in the year 1863.  

Mar 30   Danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Sleeswÿk-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg chosen as king George of Greece in the year 1863.  

Mar 31   Battle of Grand Gulf MS & Dinwiddie Court House VA in the year 1863.  

Apr 01   In the year 1863 1st wartime conscription law in US goes into effect  

Apr 01   On this day in history wartime conscription law in US goes into effect  

Apr 02   On this day in history bread revolt in Richmond Virginia  

Apr 02   In the year 1863 henry C Van de Velde, Flemish painter/architect (Art Nouveau)  

Apr 07   Battle of Charleston SC, failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter on this day in history.  

Apr 08   Joseph Netherclift, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Apr 08   On this day in history wartime conscription law in US goes into effect  

Apr 10   Giovanni B Amia, Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist, dies at 77 in the year 1863.  

Apr 10   In the year 1863 rebel Gen Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin, Tenn  

Apr 11   In the year 1863 battle of Suffolk, VA (Norfleet House)  

Apr 12   -14] Gunboat battle at Bayou Teche Louisiana on this day in history.  

Apr 12   Raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding School) in the year 1863.  

Apr 13   On this day in history battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland)  

Apr 14   In the year 1863 william Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press  

Apr 15   Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90 in the year 1863.  

Apr 16   On this day in history union gunboats pass Confederate batteries at Vicksburg  

Apr 17   On this day in history daniel Smith Donelson, Conf gen/cousin of Andrew Jackson, dies at 61  

Apr 17   Johannes P Boskaljon, Curacao composer/conductor in the year 1863.  

Apr 17   R Grierson's: La Grange, TN to Baton Rouge, LA in the year 1863.  

Apr 18   Felix Blumenfeld, composer on this day in history.  

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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   In the year 1863 birth of vivekananda, Calcutta, Hindu religious leader/reformer  

Jan 14   In the year 1863 birth of pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator  

Jan 15   In the year 1863 birth of adolph Goldschmidt, German historian  

Jan 15   Wilhelm Marx, premier (Prussia) was born in the year 1863.  

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 in the year 1863.  

Jan 10   In the year 1863 death of lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775)  

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 in the year 1863.  

Mar 17   On this day in history john Pelham, US Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24  

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

Mar 28   On this day in history james Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52