Historical Events In 1863

Mar 21   Naval Engagement at Havana Cuba-USS Henrick Hudson vs BR Wild Pigeon in the year 1863.  

Mar 23   On this day in history 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   Skirmish at Brentwood TN in the year 1863.  

Mar 25   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.  

Mar 30   On this day in history 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 in the year 1863.  

Apr 02   In the year 1863 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 on this day in history.  

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) on this day in history.  

Apr 12   In the year 1863 -14] Gunboat battle at Bayou Teche Louisiana  

Apr 12   In the year 1863 raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding School)  

Apr 13   On this day in history battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland)  

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

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

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   On this day in history johannes P Boskaljon, Curacao composer/conductor  

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

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

Jan 15   In the year 1863 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 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   In the year 1863 death of sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (b. 1803)  

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

Mar 21   In the year 1863 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