Historical Events In 1862

Dec 24   Joseph Funk, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Dec 25   In the year 1862 40,000 watch the Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, SC  

Dec 25   On this day in history 40,000 watch Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, SC  

Dec 26   -Dec 28th) Battle of Dumfries, VA in the year 1862.  

Dec 26   In the year 1862 38 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato  

Dec 26   Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [NS] on this day in history.  

Dec 26   On this day in history first US navy hospital ship enters service  

Dec 27   In the year 1862 battle of Chickasaw Bluffs, MS (Chickasaw Bayou)  

Dec 28   In the year 1862 joaquim Casimiro Junior, composer, dies at 54  

Dec 29   In the year 1862 battle of Chichasaw Bayou: confederate armies defeat Gen Sherman  

Dec 31   In the year 1862 -Jan 20th) Battle of Stone's River, TN (Stone River, Monfreesboro)  

Dec 31   James Edward Rains, lawyer/Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 29 in the year 1862.  

Dec 31   On this day in history president Lincoln signs act admitting West Virginia to the Union  

Dec 31   In the year 1862 uSS Monitor founders in a storm off Cape Hatteras, NC.1862 Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera)  

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   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   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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 01   In the year 1862 death of mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801)  

Jan 05   In the year 1862 joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81  

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1862.  

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.