Page 14: Historical Events In 1862

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

Nov 26   On this day in history mark A Stein, archaeologist   

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   In the year 1862 pres Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux indians   

Dec 07   Battle of Hartsville, TN in the year 1862.   

Dec 07   In the year 1862 paul Adam, French writer (La Bataille d'Uhde)   

Dec 07   Sylvester Churchill, US Union brig-general, dies in the year 1862.   

Dec 08   Georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's) in the year 1862.   

Dec 09   Karel Kovarovic, composer in the year 1862.   

Dec 12   In the year 1862 battle of Dumfries, VA   

Dec 12   Confederate torpedo (mine) sinks USS Cairo in Yazoo River in the year 1862.   

Dec 13   Battle of Fredericksburg, VA (Marye's Heights) on this day in history.   

Dec 13   In the year 1862 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   George Dashiell Bayard, Union brig general, dies at 27 on this day in history.   

Dec 16   Eugene Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la robe) in the year 1862.   

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

Dec 17   Gen US Grant issues order #11, expelling Jews from Tennessee on this day in history.   

Dec 17   On this day in history 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 in the year 1862.   

Dec 18   In the year 1862 the first orthopedic hospital is organized in New York City (The Hospital for the Ruptured and Crippled).   

Dec 19   Skirmish at Jackson/Salem Church, Tenn (80 casualties) in the year 1862.   

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

Dec 20   Robert Knox in the year 1862.   

Dec 22   -Jan 2nd) Raid on Morgan's: Bardstown to Elizabethtown, KY on this day in history.   

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

Dec 23   In the year 1862 henri Pirenne, Belgian historian (History of Belgium)   

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   Union General Ben "Beast" Butler is proclaimed a "felon, outlaw & common enemy of mankind" by Jefferson Davis on this day in history.   

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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   On this day in history birth of david Hilbert, Königsberg East Prussia, mathematician   

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

Jan 29   Frederick Delius, Bradford England, composer (Hiawatha) was born in the year 1862.   

Jan 30   On this day in history birth of walter Johannes Damrosch, composer   

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

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

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 in the year 1862.   

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   On this day in history frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61