Historical Events In 1862

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

Nov 26   Mark A Stein, archaeologist on this day in history.  

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

Nov 29   In the year 1862 friedrich Klose, composer  

Dec 03   In the year 1862 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   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   In the year 1862 georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's)  

Dec 09   In the year 1862 karel Kovarovic, composer  

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

Dec 12   Confederate torpedo (mine) sinks USS Cairo in Yazoo River on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1862.  

Dec 17   On this day in history general US Grant issues order #11, expelling Jews from Tennessee  

Dec 18   Battle at Lexington, Tennessee (Forrest's Second Raid) on this day in history.  

Dec 18   In the year 1862 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) in the year 1862.  

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

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

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   In the year 1862 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   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 in the year 1862.  

Jan 03   Sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other places (d. 1939) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 08   Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1862.  

Jan 24   In the year 1862 birth of edith Wharton[-Jones], US, novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth)  

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

Jan 30   Walter Johannes Damrosch, composer was born in the year 1862.  

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   In the year 1862 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 24   James McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33 in the year 1862.  

Feb 03   Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87 in the year 1862.  

Feb 07   In the year 1862 frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61