Historical Events In 1862

Aug 28   On this day in history belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC  

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

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

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

Aug 29   In the year 1862 uS Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation  

Aug 30   In the year 1862 2nd Battle of Bull Run  

Aug 30   Battle of 2nd Manassas-Pope defeated by Lee-Battle of Richmond, KY on this day in history.  

Aug 30   Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee in the year 1862.  

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   In the year 1862 battle at Chantilly (Ox Hill) Virginia (2100 casualties)  

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

Sep 01   Severe action at Chantilly, Virginia on this day in history.  

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

Sep 04   Gen Lee invades North with 50,000 Confederate troops in the year 1862.  

Sep 04   North Beach &Mission Railway Company organized in SF in the year 1862.  

Sep 05   On this day in history lee crosses Potomac & enters Maryland  

Sep 05   On this day in history lee crosses the Potomac &enters Maryland  

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

Sep 06   Stonewall Jackson occupies Fredrick, Maryland in the year 1862.  

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

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

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   On this day in history dirk Bos, Dutch liberal 2nd Member of parliament  

Sep 14   On this day in history battle at Crampton's Gap: Union troops chases away Confederates  

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

Sep 15   In the year 1862 confederates conquer Union-weapon arsenal at Harpers Ferry WV  

Sep 15   In the year 1862 stonewall Jackson takes Harpers Ferry  

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

Sep 16   In the year 1862 gen Bragg's army surrounds 4000 federals at Munfordville, KY  

Sep 17   Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN-evacuted by Federals in the year 1862.  

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Jan 01   Snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera) was born in the year 1862.  

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   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   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   Walter Johannes Damrosch, composer was born in the year 1862.  

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

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

Jan 10   In the year 1862 samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47  

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

Jan 20   Felix Zollicoffer, Gen killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines died in the year 1862.  

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.