Historical Events In 1863

Mar 21   On this day in history 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   On this day in history bushrangers Charles Robardi and Auguste Rivet stand trial at Goulburn, NSW, for murdering mail carrier Daniel Crotty. (  

Mar 25   1st Army Medal of Honor awarded in the year 1863.  

Mar 25   Skirmish at Brentwood TN on this day in history.  

Mar 25   The first Army Medal of Honor awarded in the year 1863.  

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

Mar 27   In the year 1863 henry Royce, automobile founder (Rolls-Royce)  

Mar 27   On this day in history president Davis calls for this to be a day of fasting & prayer  

Mar 27   The birth of Sir Henry Royce, The motor car designer of Rolls Royce fame in the year 1863.  

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

Mar 30   In the year 1863 danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg chosen as king George of Greece  

Mar 30   Danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Sleeswÿk-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg chosen as king George of Greece on this day in history.  

Mar 31   In the year 1863 battle of Grand Gulf MS & Dinwiddie Court House VA  

Apr 01   1st wartime conscription law in US goes into effect on this day in history.  

Apr 01   Wartime conscription law in US goes into effect in the year 1863.  

Apr 02   Bread revolt in Richmond Virginia in the year 1863.  

Apr 02   On this day in history henry C Van de Velde, Flemish painter/architect (Art Nouveau)  

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

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

Apr 08   Wartime conscription law in US goes into effect in the year 1863.  

Apr 10   On this day in history giovanni B Amia, Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist, dies at 77  

Apr 10   On this day in history rebel Gen Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin, Tenn  

Apr 11   Battle of Suffolk, VA (Norfleet House) in the year 1863.  

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

Apr 12   Raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding School) on this day in history.  

Apr 13   Battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland) on this day in history.  

Apr 14   William Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press on this day in history.  

Apr 15   On this day in history jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90  

Apr 16   Union gunboats pass Confederate batteries at Vicksburg in the year 1863.  

Apr 17   Daniel Smith Donelson, Conf gen/cousin of Andrew Jackson, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Apr 17   In the year 1863 johannes P Boskaljon, Curacao composer/conductor  

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   Wilhelm Marx, premier (Prussia) was born in the year 1863.  

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

Jan 02   On this day in history roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35  

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

Jan 10   In the year 1863 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 on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.