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   Jules Renkin, Belgian jurist/minister/premier (1931-32) on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Dec 08   Georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's) on this day in history.  

Dec 09   Karel Kovarovic, composer on this day in history.  

Dec 12   Battle of Dumfries, VA on this day in history.  

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

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   Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [OS] in the year 1862.  

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   On this day in history 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   General US Grant issues order #11, expelling Jews from Tennessee in the year 1862.  

Dec 18   Battle at Lexington, Tennessee (Forrest's Second Raid) in the year 1862.  

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

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

Dec 19   On this day in history skirmish at Jackson/Salem Church, Tenn (80 casualties)  

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

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   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 in the year 1862.  

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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 on this day in history.  

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co)  

Jan 17   John E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1862.  

Jan 29   Frederick Delius, Bradford England, composer (Hiawatha) was born on this day in history.  

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   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   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   In the year 1862 frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61