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) in the year 1862.   

Nov 29   On this day in history friedrich Klose, composer   

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

Dec 05   Battle of Coffeeville, MS on this day in history.   

Dec 06   Pres Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux indians in the year 1862.   

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

Dec 07   Paul Adam, French writer (La Bataille d'Uhde) in the year 1862.   

Dec 07   Sylvester Churchill, US Union brig-general, dies on this day in history.   

Dec 08   On this day in history georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's)   

Dec 09   On this day in history karel Kovarovic, composer   

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   Battle of Fredericksburg, VA (Marye's Heights) in the year 1862.   

Dec 13   Battle of Fredericksburg, Va; South beats North in the year 1862.   

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

Dec 14   In the year 1862 alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [OS]   

Dec 14   In the year 1862 george Dashiell Bayard, Union brig general, dies at 27   

Dec 16   In the year 1862 eugene Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la robe)   

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

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

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

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

Dec 18   In the year 1862 johnson Kelly Duncan, architect/Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 35   

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

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

Dec 20   Robert Knox in the year 1862.   

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

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

Dec 23   Henri Pirenne, Belgian historian (History of Belgium) on this day in history.   

Dec 23   Union Gen Ben "Beast" Butler is proclaimed a "felon, outlaw & common enemy of mankind" by Jefferson Davis on this day in history.   

Dec 23   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other places (d. 1939) was born in the year 1862.   

Jan 08   Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co) was born in the year 1862.   

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

Jan 10   On this day in history samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47   

Jan 18   John Tyler, 10th US pres (1841-45), dies in Richmond Va at 71 in the year 1862.   

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   On this day in history jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87   

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