Historical Events In 1862

Mar 10   Great Britain & France recognizes independence of Zanzibar in the year 1862.  

Mar 10   On this day in history great Britain &France recognizes independence of Zanzibar  

Mar 10   On this day in history uS issues paper money ($5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 &$1000)  

Mar 11   In the year 1862 general Stonewall Jackson evacuates Winchester Virginia  

Mar 11   Lincoln removes McClellen as general-in-chief & makes him head of in the year 1862.  

Mar 11   Lincoln removes McClellen as general-in-chief &makes him head of Army of the Potomac. Gen Henry Halleck is named general-in-chief on this day in history.  

Mar 12   Jane Delano, US, nurse/teacher/founder (Red Cross) on this day in history.  

Mar 13   On this day in history vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer  

Mar 14   In the year 1862 battle of New Bern NC General Burnside conquers New Bern  

Mar 14   On this day in history battle of New Bern NC: General Burnside conquers New Bern  

Mar 14   Vilhelm FK Bjerknes, Norwegian/US physicist/meteorology on this day in history.  

Mar 15   Gen John Hunt Morgan begins 4 days of raids near Gallatin, TN on this day in history.  

Mar 15   General John Hunt Morgan begins 4 days of raids near Gallatin TN on this day in history.  

Mar 16   Battle at Pound Gap Kentucky: Confederates separate battles on this day in history.  

Mar 16   On this day in history battle at Pound Gap KY Confederates separate battles  

Mar 16   In the year 1862 battle at Pound Gap KY: Confederates separate battles  

Mar 17   On this day in history fromental Halevy, [Elie Levy], French opera composer, dies at 62  

Mar 19   F Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Mar 22   On this day in history san Marino & Italy conclude treaty of friendship & cooperation  

Mar 23   Battle of Kernstown VA-Jackson begins his Valley Campaign in the year 1862.  

Mar 23   Karl Robert von Nesselrode, German chancellor, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Mar 23   Nathaniel Reed, American outlaw turned evangelist (d.1950) on this day in history.  

Mar 26   On this day in history battle of La Glorieta Pass New Mexico Territory (Apache Canyon, Pigeon's Ranch)  

Mar 26   On this day in history battle of La Glorieta Pass, NM Terr (Apache Canyon, Pigeon's Ranch)  

Mar 26   On this day in history george William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer  

Mar 28   Aristide Briand, France, 11x premier (1909-22) (Nobel 1926) in the year 1862.  

Mar 28   On this day in history skirmish at Bealeton Station, Virginia  

Mar 31   In the year 1862 civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River  

Mar 31   In the year 1862 civil War action at Island #10 on the Mississippi River  

Apr 01   Shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA on this day in history.  

Apr 02   Nicholas Murray Butler, US, Columbia U pres/pacifist (Nobel 1931) on this day in history.  

Apr 03   On this day in history james Clark Ross, Arctic explorer, dies  

Apr 04   Battle of Yorktown begins in the year 1862.  

Apr 04   Harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna), dies at 45 in the year 1862.  

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

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   In the year 1862 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   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   Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801) died on this day in history.  

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

Jan 10   Samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47 in the year 1862.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 07   On this day in history frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61