Page 14: Historical Events In 1862

Nov 25   On this day in history ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer   

Nov 26   In the year 1862 mark A Stein, archaeologist   

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

Nov 29   Friedrich Klose, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 03   In the year 1862 jules Renkin, Belgian jurist/minister/premier (1931-32)   

Dec 05   In the year 1862 battle of Coffeeville, MS   

Dec 06   On this day in history pres Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux indians   

Dec 07   On this day in history battle of Hartsville, TN   

Dec 07   On this day in history paul Adam, French writer (La Bataille d'Uhde)   

Dec 07   On this day in history 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 in the year 1862.   

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 in the year 1862.   

Dec 14   On this day in history alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [OS]   

Dec 14   George Dashiell Bayard, Union brig general, dies at 27 in the year 1862.   

Dec 16   Eugene Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la robe) on this day in history.   

Dec 16   Kingdom of Nepal accepts its constitution on this day in history.   

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

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

Dec 18   On this day in history battle at Lexington, Tennessee (Forrest's Second Raid)   

Dec 18   Johnson Kelly Duncan, architect/Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

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

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

Dec 20   -Dec 20th] Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA on this day in history.   

Dec 20   On this day in history robert Knox   

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

Dec 22   Connie Mack, HOF baseball executive/manager (Phila A's 1900-1950) in the year 1862.   

Dec 23   Henri Pirenne, Belgian historian (History of Belgium) in the year 1862.   

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

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   On this day in history 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   Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co) was born in the year 1862.   

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

Jan 20   In the year 1862 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 03   In the year 1862 jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87   

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