Historical Events In 1862

Nov 25   Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 26   Mark A Stein, archaeologist in the year 1862.  

Nov 28   Battle at Cane Hill, Arkansas (475 casualties) on this day in history.  

Nov 29   Friedrich Klose, composer in the year 1862.  

Dec 03   On this day in history jules Renkin, Belgian jurist/minister/premier (1931-32)  

Dec 05   On this day in history battle of Coffeeville, MS  

Dec 06   Pres Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux indians on this day in history.  

Dec 07   Battle of Hartsville, TN on this day in history.  

Dec 07   Paul Adam, French writer (La Bataille d'Uhde) on this day in history.  

Dec 07   In the year 1862 sylvester Churchill, US Union brig-general, dies  

Dec 08   In the year 1862 georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's)  

Dec 09   Karel Kovarovic, composer in the year 1862.  

Dec 12   On this day in history battle of Dumfries, VA  

Dec 12   Confederate torpedo (mine) sinks USS Cairo in Yazoo River on this day in history.  

Dec 13   On this day in history battle of Fredericksburg, VA (Marye's Heights)  

Dec 13   On this day in history battle of Fredericksburg, Va; South beats North  

Dec 13   Conrad Feger Jackson, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 49 on this day in history.  

Dec 14   Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [OS] on this day in history.  

Dec 14   On this day in history george Dashiell Bayard, Union brig general, dies at 27  

Dec 16   On this day in history eugene Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la robe)  

Dec 16   In the year 1862 kingdom of Nepal accepts its constitution  

Dec 17   In the year 1862 gen US Grant issues order #11, expelling Jews from Tennessee  

Dec 17   General US Grant issues order #11, expelling Jews from Tennessee in the year 1862.  

Dec 18   In the year 1862 battle at Lexington, Tennessee (Forrest's Second Raid)  

Dec 18   On this day in history johnson Kelly Duncan, architect/Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 35  

Dec 18   The first orthopedic hospital is organized in New York City (The Hospital for the Ruptured and Crippled) on this day in history.  

Dec 19   In the year 1862 skirmish at Jackson/Salem Church, Tenn (80 casualties)  

Dec 20   In the year 1862 -Dec 20th] Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA  

Dec 20   In the year 1862 robert Knox  

Dec 22   -Jan 2nd) Raid on Morgan's: Bardstown to Elizabethtown, KY in the year 1862.  

Dec 22   On this day in history connie Mack, HOF baseball executive/manager (Phila A's 1900-1950)  

Dec 23   On this day in history henri Pirenne, Belgian historian (History of Belgium)  

Dec 23   In the year 1862 union Gen Ben "Beast" Butler is proclaimed a "felon, outlaw & common enemy of mankind" by Jefferson Davis  

Dec 23   In the year 1862 union General Ben "Beast" Butler is proclaimed a "felon, outlaw & common enemy of mankind" by Jefferson Davis  

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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   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   In the year 1862 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   Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801) died on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.