Historical Events In 1862

Nov 25   Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer in the year 1862.  

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

Nov 28   In the year 1862 battle at Cane Hill, Arkansas (475 casualties)  

Nov 29   Friedrich Klose, composer in the year 1862.  

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

Dec 05   Battle of Coffeeville, MS in the year 1862.  

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

Dec 07   In the year 1862 battle of Hartsville, TN  

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

Dec 07   On this day in history 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   On this day in history confederate torpedo (mine) sinks USS Cairo in Yazoo River.  

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

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

Dec 13   On this day in history conrad Feger Jackson, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 49  

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) in the year 1862.  

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

Dec 18   On this day in history 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   On this day in history -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   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 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 in the year 1862.  

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   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 on this day in history.  

Jan 30   Walter Johannes Damrosch, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801) died on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1862 john Tyler, 10th US pres (1841-45), dies in Richmond Va at 71  

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 on this day in history.