Historical Events In 1863

Mar 21   Hugo Kaun, composer on this day in history.  

Mar 21   Naval Engagement at Havana Cuba-USS Henrick Hudson vs BR Wild Pigeon in the year 1863.  

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. ( in the year 1863.  

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

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 28   James Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

Mar 30   On this day in history danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg chosen as king George of Greece  

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

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

Apr 02   Bread revolt in Richmond Virginia on this day in history.  

Apr 02   Henry C Van de Velde, Flemish painter/architect (Art Nouveau) on this day in history.  

Apr 07   In the year 1863 battle of Charleston SC, failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter  

Apr 08   In the year 1863 joseph Netherclift, composer, dies at 70  

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

Apr 10   In the year 1863 giovanni B Amia, Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist, dies at 77  

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

Apr 12   In the year 1863 raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding School)  

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

Apr 17   Daniel Smith Donelson, Conf gen/cousin of Andrew Jackson, dies at 61 in the year 1863.  

Apr 17   On this day in history johannes P Boskaljon, Curacao composer/conductor  

Apr 17   In the year 1863 r Grierson's: La Grange, TN to Baton Rouge, LA  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back)  

Jan 01   Pierre de Coubertin, France, baron (revived Olympic games) was born on this day in history.  

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   Pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator was born in the year 1863.  

Jan 15   Adolph Goldschmidt, German historian was born in the year 1863.  

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   Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35 in the year 1863.  

Jan 09   Ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1863.  

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

Jan 17   E J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies at 73 in the year 1863.  

Mar 11   On this day in history death of sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (b. 1803)  

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

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.