Historical Events In 1863

Mar 21   Hugo Kaun, composer in the year 1863.  

Mar 21   Naval Engagement at Havana Cuba-USS Henrick Hudson vs BR Wild Pigeon on this day in history.  

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

Mar 25   In the year 1863 skirmish at Brentwood TN  

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

Mar 26   In the year 1863 voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 28   James Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52 in the year 1863.  

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

Mar 30   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1863 bread revolt in Richmond Virginia  

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

Apr 07   Battle of Charleston SC, failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter in the year 1863.  

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   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) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Apr 14   William Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press in the year 1863.  

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

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

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

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

Apr 17   On this day in history 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   In the year 1863 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 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1863 birth of david Lloyd George, (L-PM-Britain, 1916-22)  

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 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   E J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Mar 11   Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (b. 1803) died on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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