Historical Events In 1862

Mar 10   Great Britain & France recognizes independence of Zanzibar on this day in history.  

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

Mar 10   In the year 1862 uS issues paper money ($5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 &$1000)  

Mar 11   On this day in history 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   In the year 1862 lincoln removes McClellen as general-in-chief &makes him head of Army of the Potomac. Gen Henry Halleck is named general-in-chief  

Mar 12   Jane Delano, US, nurse/teacher/founder (Red Cross) in the year 1862.  

Mar 13   In the year 1862 vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer  

Mar 14   Battle of New Bern NC General Burnside conquers New Bern in the year 1862.  

Mar 14   Battle of New Bern NC: General Burnside conquers New Bern in the year 1862.  

Mar 14   On this day in history vilhelm FK Bjerknes, Norwegian/US physicist/meteorology  

Mar 15   Gen John Hunt Morgan begins 4 days of raids near Gallatin, TN in the year 1862.  

Mar 15   In the year 1862 general John Hunt Morgan begins 4 days of raids near Gallatin TN  

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

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

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

Mar 17   Fromental Halevy, [Elie Levy], French opera composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

Mar 19   F Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari), dies at 73 in the year 1862.  

Mar 22   San Marino & Italy conclude treaty of friendship & cooperation in the year 1862.  

Mar 23   In the year 1862 battle of Kernstown VA-Jackson begins his Valley Campaign  

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) in the year 1862.  

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

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

Mar 26   George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer in the year 1862.  

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

Mar 28   Skirmish at Bealeton Station, Virginia in the year 1862.  

Mar 31   Civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River on this day in history.  

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

Apr 01   In the year 1862 shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA  

Apr 02   Nicholas Murray Butler, US, Columbia U pres/pacifist (Nobel 1931) in the year 1862.  

Apr 03   James Clark Ross, Arctic explorer, dies on this day in history.  

Apr 04   In the year 1862 battle of Yorktown begins  

Apr 04   In the year 1862 harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna), dies at 45  

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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 in the year 1862.  

Jan 17   In the year 1862 birth of john E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher  

Jan 23   On this day in history birth of david Hilbert, Königsberg East Prussia, mathematician  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 30   In the year 1862 birth of walter Johannes Damrosch, composer  

Jan 01   Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801) died in the year 1862.  

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   On this day in history 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 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