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   US issues paper money ($5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 &$1000) in the year 1862.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history jane Delano, US, nurse/teacher/founder (Red Cross)  

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

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

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

Mar 14   In the year 1862 vilhelm FK Bjerknes, Norwegian/US physicist/meteorology  

Mar 15   On this day in history gen John Hunt Morgan begins 4 days of raids near Gallatin, TN  

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

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

Mar 16   On this day in history 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   In the year 1862 f Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari), dies at 73  

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

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

Mar 23   On this day in history karl Robert von Nesselrode, German chancellor, dies at 81  

Mar 23   In the year 1862 nathaniel Reed, American outlaw turned evangelist (d.1950)  

Mar 26   In the year 1862 battle of La Glorieta Pass New Mexico Territory (Apache Canyon, Pigeon's Ranch)  

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

Mar 26   In the year 1862 george William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer  

Mar 28   On this day in history aristide Briand, France, 11x premier (1909-22) (Nobel 1926)  

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   On this day in history civil War action at Island #10 on the Mississippi River  

Apr 01   Shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA in the year 1862.  

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

Apr 03   James Clark Ross, Arctic explorer, dies in the year 1862.  

Apr 04   Battle of Yorktown begins on this day in history.  

Apr 04   On this day in history harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna), dies at 45  

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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 in the year 1862.  

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co)  

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   On this day in history birth of frederick Delius, Bradford England, composer (Hiawatha)  

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

Jan 01   On this day in history death of mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801)  

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   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 in the year 1862.  

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