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   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   Skirmish at Brentwood TN in the year 1863.  

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

Mar 26   Voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves on this day in history.  

Mar 27   On this day in history henry Royce, automobile founder (Rolls-Royce)  

Mar 27   President Davis calls for this to be a day of fasting & prayer on this day in history.  

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

Mar 28   In the year 1863 james Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52  

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

Apr 02   On this day in history bread revolt in Richmond Virginia  

Apr 02   In the year 1863 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 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   Battle of Suffolk, VA (Norfleet House) in the year 1863.  

Apr 12   On this day in history -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   William Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press on this day in history.  

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

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

Apr 17   Daniel Smith Donelson, Conf gen/cousin of Andrew Jackson, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Apr 17   Johannes P Boskaljon, Curacao composer/conductor in the year 1863.  

Apr 17   On this day in history r Grierson's: La Grange, TN to Baton Rouge, LA  

Apr 18   In the year 1863 felix Blumenfeld, composer  

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Jan 01   In the year 1863 birth of aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back)  

Jan 01   Pierre de Coubertin, France, baron (revived Olympic games) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   In the year 1863 birth of lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17)  

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of vivekananda, Calcutta, Hindu religious leader/reformer  

Jan 14   In the year 1863 birth of pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator  

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   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 in the year 1863.  

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

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