Historical Events In 1863

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

Mar 23   On this day in history godfried CE van Daalen, Dutch general/governor of Atjeh  

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   In the year 1863 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   On this day in history voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves  

Mar 27   Henry Royce, automobile founder (Rolls-Royce) on this day in history.  

Mar 27   President Davis calls for this to be a day of fasting & prayer in the year 1863.  

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

Mar 28   On this day in history 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   Battle of Grand Gulf MS & Dinwiddie Court House VA on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 08   Joseph Netherclift, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1863.  

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

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

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   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   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   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   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   On this day in history felix Blumenfeld, composer  

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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 in the year 1863.  

Jan 14   Pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator was born on this day in history.  

Jan 15   In the year 1863 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   In the year 1863 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   E J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies at 73 in the year 1863.  

Mar 11   Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (b. 1803) died in the year 1863.  

Mar 17   John Pelham, US Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24 on this day in history.  

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