Historical Events In 1862

Aug 28   In the year 1862 belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC  

Aug 29   2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) begins in the year 1862.  

Aug 29   Battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels on this day in history.  

Aug 29   P M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911) in the year 1862.  

Aug 29   On this day in history uS Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation  

Aug 30   On this day in history 2nd Battle of Bull Run  

Aug 30   In the year 1862 battle of 2nd Manassas-Pope defeated by Lee-Battle of Richmond, KY  

Aug 30   On this day in history battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee  

Aug 30   Confederate troops defeat Union forces at the Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, VA in the year 1862.  

Aug 31   On this day in history george William Taylor, US Union brig-general, dies in battle  

Sep 01   Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist on this day in history.  

Sep 01   Battle at Chantilly (Ox Hill) Virginia (2100 casualties) in the year 1862.  

Sep 01   In the year 1862 isaac Ingalls Stevens, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 44  

Sep 01   In the year 1862 severe action at Chantilly, Virginia  

Sep 02   On this day in history thornton F Brodhead, US lawyer/politician/brig-general, dies at 40  

Sep 04   In the year 1862 gen Lee invades North with 50,000 Confederate troops  

Sep 04   On this day in history north Beach &Mission Railway Company organized in SF  

Sep 05   Lee crosses Potomac & enters Maryland on this day in history.  

Sep 05   Lee crosses the Potomac &enters Maryland on this day in history.  

Sep 06   Stonewall Jackson occupies Frederick, Maryland on this day in history.  

Sep 06   On this day in history stonewall Jackson occupies Fredrick, Maryland  

Sep 09   Lee splits his army & sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry in the year 1862.  

Sep 09   Lee splits his army &sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry in the year 1862.  

Sep 10   In the year 1862 carlos A Lopez, president of Paraguay (1844-62), dies at 71  

Sep 11   In the year 1862 o Henry, [William Sydney Porter], short story writer  

Sep 12   Battle of Harpers Ferry VA on this day in history.  

Sep 13   Dirk Bos, Dutch liberal 2nd Member of parliament in the year 1862.  

Sep 14   Battle at Crampton's Gap: Union troops chases away Confederates in the year 1862.  

Sep 14   On this day in history jesse Lee Reno, Union general-major (Reno Nevada), dies at 39  

Sep 15   Confederates conquer Union-weapon arsenal at Harpers Ferry WV in the year 1862.  

Sep 15   On this day in history stonewall Jackson takes Harpers Ferry  

Sep 16   In the year 1862 battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md)  

Sep 16   On this day in history gen Bragg's army surrounds 4000 federals at Munfordville, KY  

Sep 17   In the year 1862 battle of Cumberland Gap, TN-evacuted by Federals  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera)  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other places (d. 1939)  

Jan 08   Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 17   John E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher was born on this day in history.  

Jan 23   David Hilbert, Königsberg East Prussia, mathematician was born in the year 1862.  

Jan 24   On this day in history birth of edith Wharton[-Jones], US, novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth)  

Jan 29   In the year 1862 birth of frederick Delius, Bradford England, composer (Hiawatha)  

Jan 30   In the year 1862 birth of walter Johannes Damrosch, composer  

Jan 01   In the year 1862 death of mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801)  

Jan 05   On this day in history joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81  

Jan 10   Samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47 in the year 1862.  

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

Jan 20   Felix Zollicoffer, Gen killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines died on this day in history.  

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

Feb 03   On this day in history jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87  

Feb 07   Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1862.