Historical Events In 1863

Mar 21   On this day in history hugo Kaun, composer  

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   Bushrangers Charles Robardi and Auguste Rivet stand trial at Goulburn, NSW, for murdering mail carrier Daniel Crotty. ( on this day in history.  

Mar 25   1st Army Medal of Honor awarded on this day in history.  

Mar 25   In the year 1863 skirmish at Brentwood TN  

Mar 25   In the year 1863 the first Army Medal of Honor awarded  

Mar 26   On this day in history voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves  

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

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

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1863.  

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

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

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

Apr 10   Rebel Gen Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin, Tenn on this day in history.  

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

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) in the year 1863.  

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

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

Apr 16   Union gunboats pass Confederate batteries at Vicksburg on this day in history.  

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

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.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1863 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 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1863 birth of adolph Goldschmidt, German historian  

Jan 15   Wilhelm Marx, premier (Prussia) was born in the year 1863.  

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 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   On this day in history e J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies at 73  

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 in the year 1863.