Historical Events In 1862

Jan 01   1st US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10000).   

Jan 01   Battle of Fort McRee FL, Battle of Port Royal SC (Port Royal Ferry).   

Jan 01   Snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera).   

Jan 01   The inaugural US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10000)   

Jan 01   US income tax comes into force (3% of incomes > $600,% of incomes > $10000)   

Jan 03   Romney Campaign - Stonewall Jackson moves north from Winchester   

Jan 03   Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson moves north from Winchester   

Jan 04   -Jan 17th) Battle of Ft Hindman, AK (Arkansas Post).   

Jan 04   Battle of Fort Hindman, AR (Arkansas Post).   

Jan 04   Battle of Helena, AR   

Jan 04   Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson occupies Bath.   

Jan 05   Joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81.   

Jan 07   Battle of Manassas Junction VA.   

Jan 07   Battle of Manassas Junction, VA   

Jan 07   Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson march towards Romney WV.   

Jan 08   Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday and Co).   

Jan 09   In Halifax, Nova Scotia the Grenadier Guards land to garrison the Citadel Fort   

Jan 10   Battle of Big Sandy River KY (Middle Creek).   

Jan 10   Battle of Big Sandy River, KY (Middle Creek).   

Jan 10   Samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47   

Jan 10   The inventor of the Revolver Samuel Colt dies   

Jan 17   -Jan 22nd) BBT Fort Henry TN by USS Lexington.   

Jan 17   -Jan 22nd) BBT Ft Henry, TN by USS Lexington.   

Jan 17   John E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher.   

Jan 18   Confederate Territory of Arizona forms   

Jan 18   Confederate Territory of Arizona is formed.   

Jan 18   John Tyler, 10th US pres (1841-45), dies in Richmond Va at 71   

Jan 19   Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky (Fishing Creek, Logan's Crossroads).   

Jan 19   Battle of Mill Springs, KY (Fishing Creek, Logan's Crossroads)   

Jan 20   Felix Zollicoffer, Gen killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines.   

Jan 22   Confederate govt raises premium for volunteers from $10 to $20.   

Jan 23   Agoston Haraszthy, 1st vintner in Sonoma Valley, imports 10000   

Jan 23   David Hilbert, Königsberg East Prussia, mathematician   

Jan 24   Edith Wharton, American writer is born   

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Jan 01   In the year 1862 birth of snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera)   

Jan 03   Sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other places (d. 1939) was born in the year 1862.   

Jan 08   Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co) was born in the year 1862.   

Jan 17   In the year 1862 birth of john E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher   

Jan 23   David Hilbert, Königsberg East Prussia, mathematician was born on this day in history.   

Jan 24   In the year 1862 birth of edith Wharton[-Jones], US, novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth)   

Jan 29   Frederick Delius, Bradford England, composer (Hiawatha) was born in the year 1862.   

Jan 30   On this day in history birth of walter Johannes Damrosch, composer   

Jan 01   On this day in history death of mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801)   

Jan 05   In the year 1862 joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81   

Jan 10   Samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

Jan 18   On this day in history john Tyler, 10th US pres (1841-45), dies in Richmond Va at 71   

Jan 20   On this day in history death of felix Zollicoffer, Gen killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines   

Jan 24   James McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33 in the year 1862.   

Feb 03   Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87 in the year 1862.   

Feb 07   In the year 1862 frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61