Page 5: Historical Events In 1862

Apr 05   Louis Ganne, composer   

Apr 05   Siege of Yorktown VA   

Apr 06   Adley Hogan Gladden, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 51.   

Apr 06   Battle of Shiloh, Union defeats Confederacy in SW Tennessee.   

Apr 06   Naval Gunfire from Tyler and Lexington help save Union Troops at Battle of Shiloh   

Apr 07   Grant defeats Confederates at Battle of Shiloh, Tenn, Island #10 falls   

Apr 07   Grant defeats Confederates at Battle of Shiloh, Tenn.   

Apr 07   H P Tuttle discovers asteroid #73 Klytia.   

Apr 07   Island #10 falls after long siege, Battle of Shiloh   

Apr 07   Sydney Nelson, composer, dies at 62   

Apr 08   John D Lynde patents aerosol dispenser   

Apr 09   George W Johnson, US planter/Confederate (gov-Ky), dies at about 50   

Apr 10   William Harvey Lamb Wallace, US lawyer/brig-general, dies at 40.   

Apr 11   Charles Evans Hughs, 11th Chief Justice of Supreme Court (1930-41)   

Apr 11   Rebels surrender Ft Pulaski, Georgia-Rebels surrender   

Apr 11   Rebels surrender Ft Pulaski, Georgia   

Apr 12   James Andrews steals Confederate train (General) at Kennesaw, GA.   

Apr 14   Battle of Ft Pillow TN.   

Apr 14   Pyotr A Stolypin, premier Russia (1906-11)   

Apr 16   District of Columbia abolishes slavery.   

Apr 16   Pres Davis approves conscription act for white males between 18-35   

Apr 16   Slavery abolished in District of Columbia   

Apr 18   Battle of Ft Jackson, Ft St Philip and New Orlean's, LA   

Apr 19   Louis Powell Harvey, US governor of Wisconsin, drowns   

Apr 20   The inaugural pasteurization test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard.   

Apr 21   Congress establishes US Mint in Denver, Co.   

Apr 25   Admiral Farragut occupies New Orleans, La   

Apr 25   Battle of New Orleans LA   

Apr 25   Charles Ferguson Smith, US Union Gen-Maj, dies of infection at 55   

Apr 25   Edward Grey, English viscount of Fallodon/minister of Foreign affairs   

Apr 25   Union naval forces occupy New Orleans, LA.   

Apr 29   100000 federal troops prepare to march into Corinth, Miss.   

Apr 29   New Orleans fell to Union forces during Civil War.   

Apr 29   Vittorio Mario Vanzo, composer   

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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 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   Edith Wharton[-Jones], US, novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth) was born in the year 1862.   

Jan 29   Frederick Delius, Bradford England, composer (Hiawatha) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 30   Walter Johannes Damrosch, composer was born on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Feb 03   In the year 1862 jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87   

Feb 07   Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.