Historical Events In 1863

Jan 01   1st homestead under the Homestead Act claimed, near Beatrice, Nebr.   

Jan 01   Aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago and Back)   

Jan 01   Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern olympics is born   

Jan 01   Battle of Galveston, TX - Confederates recapture the city.   

Jan 01   Battle of Helena AK.   

Jan 01   Emancipation Proclamation (ending slavery) issued by Lincoln.   

Jan 01   The inaugural homestead under the Homestead Act claimed, near Beatrice NE.   

Jan 02   Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) ends.   

Jan 02   Lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17)   

Jan 02   Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35   

Jan 04   4 wheeled roller skates patented by James Plimpton of NY.   

Jan 08   American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield.   

Jan 09   -Jan 11th] Battle of Arkansas Post, AK (Ft Hindman)   

Jan 09   Ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71   

Jan 10   1st underground railway opens in London   

Jan 10   General McClernand's Union troops surround Fort Hindman AR.   

Jan 10   January-uprising begins in Poland.   

Jan 10   The inaugural underground railway opens in London.   

Jan 11   CSS Alabama sinks USS Hatteras off Galveston.   

Jan 11   Naval engagement near Galveston between CSS Alabama and USS Hatteras.   

Jan 11   Union forces capture Arkansas Post, or Fort Hindman AR.   

Jan 12   President Davis delivers his "State of Confederacy" address.   

Jan 12   President Davis delivers his "State of the Confederacy" address   

Jan 12   Vivekananda, Calcutta, Hindu religious leader/reformer   

Jan 13   Chenille manufacturing machine patented by William Canter, New York City NY   

Jan 13   Chenille manufacturing machine patented by William Canter, NYC.   

Jan 13   Thomas Crapper pioneers one-piece pedestal flushing toilet.   

Jan 14   Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teche Louisiana   

Jan 14   Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teched LA   

Jan 14   Pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator.   

Jan 15   1st US newspaper printed on wood-pulp paper, Boston Morning Journal   

Jan 15   Adolph Goldschmidt, German historian   

Jan 15   The inaugural US newspaper printed on wood-pulp paper, Boston Morning Journal   

Jan 16   -Aug 23rd) Cruise of CSS Florida   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back)   

Jan 01   Pierre de Coubertin, France, baron (revived Olympic games) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17) was born in the year 1863.   

Jan 12   Vivekananda, Calcutta, Hindu religious leader/reformer was born in the year 1863.   

Jan 14   In the year 1863 birth of pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator   

Jan 15   In the year 1863 birth of adolph Goldschmidt, German historian   

Jan 15   Wilhelm Marx, premier (Prussia) was born in the year 1863.   

Jan 17   David Lloyd George, (L-PM-Britain, 1916-22) was born in the year 1863.   

Jan 02   In the year 1863 roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35   

Jan 09   Ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   In the year 1863 death of lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775)   

Jan 17   E J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Mar 11   On this day in history death of sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (b. 1803)   

Mar 17   John Pelham, US Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24 on this day in history.   

Mar 21   In the year 1863 edwin Vose Sumner, US Union-general-major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66   

Mar 28   James Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52 in the year 1863.