Historical Events In 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 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 25   On this day in history skirmish at Brentwood TN  

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

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

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   On this day in history battle of Grand Gulf MS & Dinwiddie Court House VA  

Apr 01   On this day in history 1st wartime conscription law in US goes into effect  

Apr 01   Wartime conscription law in US goes into effect on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Apr 10   In the year 1863 rebel Gen Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin, Tenn  

Apr 11   In the year 1863 battle of Suffolk, VA (Norfleet House)  

Apr 12   -14] Gunboat battle at Bayou Teche Louisiana on this day in history.  

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

Apr 13   In the year 1863 battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland)  

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

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

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

Apr 17   In the year 1863 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 in the year 1863.  

Apr 18   Felix Blumenfeld, composer 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of vivekananda, Calcutta, Hindu religious leader/reformer  

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator  

Jan 15   Adolph Goldschmidt, German historian was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 10   Lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775) died on this day in history.  

Jan 17   In the year 1863 e J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies at 73  

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

Mar 17   On this day in history john Pelham, US Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24  

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.