Historical Events In 1862

Aug 28   On this day in history 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   On this day in history battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels  

Aug 29   On this day in history p M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911)  

Aug 29   US Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation on this day in history.  

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   Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee on this day in history.  

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

Aug 31   George William Taylor, US Union brig-general, dies in battle in the year 1862.  

Sep 01   Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist in the year 1862.  

Sep 01   Battle at Chantilly (Ox Hill) Virginia (2100 casualties) on this day in history.  

Sep 01   Isaac Ingalls Stevens, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 44 on this day in history.  

Sep 01   On this day in history severe action at Chantilly, Virginia  

Sep 02   In the year 1862 thornton F Brodhead, US lawyer/politician/brig-general, dies at 40  

Sep 04   On this day in history gen Lee invades North with 50,000 Confederate troops  

Sep 04   In the year 1862 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 in the year 1862.  

Sep 06   In the year 1862 stonewall Jackson occupies Frederick, Maryland  

Sep 06   In the year 1862 stonewall Jackson occupies Fredrick, Maryland  

Sep 09   Lee splits his army & sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry on this day in history.  

Sep 09   In the year 1862 lee splits his army &sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry  

Sep 10   Carlos A Lopez, president of Paraguay (1844-62), dies at 71 in the year 1862.  

Sep 11   O Henry, [William Sydney Porter], short story writer on this day in history.  

Sep 12   In the year 1862 battle of Harpers Ferry VA  

Sep 13   Dirk Bos, Dutch liberal 2nd Member of parliament on this day in history.  

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

Sep 14   Jesse Lee Reno, Union general-major (Reno Nevada), dies at 39 in the year 1862.  

Sep 15   On this day in history confederates conquer Union-weapon arsenal at Harpers Ferry WV  

Sep 15   Stonewall Jackson takes Harpers Ferry in the year 1862.  

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   On this day in history battle of Cumberland Gap, TN-evacuted by Federals  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1862 birth of sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other places (d. 1939)  

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co)  

Jan 17   John E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher was born in the year 1862.  

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

Jan 24   Edith Wharton[-Jones], US, novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 29   On this day in history 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   In the year 1862 joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81  

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

Jan 18   In the year 1862 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   On this day in history james McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33  

Feb 03   Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

Feb 07   Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.