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 on this day in history.  

Mar 25   Skirmish at Brentwood TN in the year 1863.  

Mar 25   On this day in history the first Army Medal of Honor awarded  

Mar 26   Voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves on this day in history.  

Mar 27   Henry Royce, automobile founder (Rolls-Royce) in the year 1863.  

Mar 27   President Davis calls for this to be a day of fasting & prayer on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1863.  

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   Henry C Van de Velde, Flemish painter/architect (Art Nouveau) on this day in history.  

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

Apr 08   On this day in history joseph Netherclift, composer, dies at 70  

Apr 08   Wartime conscription law in US goes into effect on this day in history.  

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

Apr 12   In the year 1863 -14] Gunboat battle at Bayou Teche Louisiana  

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

Apr 13   In the year 1863 battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland)  

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

Apr 15   In the year 1863 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   Johannes P Boskaljon, Curacao composer/conductor on this day in history.  

Apr 17   R Grierson's: La Grange, TN to Baton Rouge, LA on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator  

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of adolph Goldschmidt, German historian  

Jan 15   On this day in history 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   In the year 1863 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   Lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775) died in the year 1863.  

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

Mar 11   In the year 1863 death of sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (b. 1803)  

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   James Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52 on this day in history.