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   In the year 1863 godfried CE van Daalen, Dutch general/governor of Atjeh  

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   1st Army Medal of Honor awarded in the year 1863.  

Mar 25   In the year 1863 skirmish at Brentwood TN  

Mar 25   The first Army Medal of Honor awarded on this day in history.  

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

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

Mar 27   In the year 1863 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   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 in the year 1863.  

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   1st wartime conscription law in US goes into effect in the year 1863.  

Apr 01   On this day in history wartime conscription law in US goes into effect  

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

Apr 02   Henry C Van de Velde, Flemish painter/architect (Art Nouveau) in the year 1863.  

Apr 07   In the year 1863 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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Apr 11   On this day in history battle of Suffolk, VA (Norfleet House)  

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

Apr 14   On this day in history william Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press  

Apr 15   Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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  

Apr 18   Felix Blumenfeld, composer in the year 1863.  

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

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

Jan 15   Wilhelm Marx, premier (Prussia) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 17   David Lloyd George, (L-PM-Britain, 1916-22) was born in the year 1863.  

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 21   On this day in history edwin Vose Sumner, US Union-general-major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66  

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