Historical Events In 1863

Jan 01   1st homestead under the Homestead Act claimed, near Beatrice, Nebr on this day in history.  

Jan 01   In the year 1863 aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back)  

Jan 01   Battle of Galveston, TX - Confederates recapture the city on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Battle of Helena AK in the year 1863.  

Jan 01   On this day in history emancipation Proclamation (ending slavery) issued by Lincoln  

Jan 01   The birth of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern olympics in the year 1863.  

Jan 01   The first homestead under the Homestead Act claimed, near Beatrice NE in the year 1863.  

Jan 02   Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) ends in the year 1863.  

Jan 02   Lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17) on this day in history.  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1863 4 wheeled roller skates patented by James Plimpton of NY  

Jan 08   On this day in history american Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield  

Jan 09   On this day in history -Jan 11th] Battle of Arkansas Post, AK (Ft Hindman)  

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

Jan 10   On this day in history 1st underground railway opens in London  

Jan 10   General McClernand's Union troops surround Fort Hindman AR on this day in history.  

Jan 10   In the year 1863 january-uprising begins in Poland  

Jan 10   The first underground railway opens in London on this day in history.  

Jan 11   In the year 1863 cSS Alabama sinks USS Hatteras off Galveston  

Jan 11   Naval engagement near Galveston between CSS Alabama & USS Hatteras on this day in history.  

Jan 11   Union forces capture Arkansas Post, or Fort Hindman AR on this day in history.  

Jan 12   President Davis delivers his "State of Confederacy" address in the year 1863.  

Jan 12   President Davis delivers his "State of the Confederacy" address on this day in history.  

Jan 12   On this day in history vivekananda, Calcutta, Hindu religious leader/reformer  

Jan 13   In the year 1863 chenille manufacturing machine patented by William Canter, New York City NY  

Jan 13   In the year 1863 chenille manufacturing machine patented by William Canter, NYC  

Jan 13   Thomas Crapper pioneers one-piece pedestal flushing toilet on this day in history.  

Jan 14   On this day in history battle between gunboats at Bayou Teche Louisiana  

Jan 14   Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teched LA in the year 1863.  

Jan 14   Pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator in the year 1863.  

Jan 15   On this day in history 1st US newspaper printed on wood-pulp paper, Boston Morning Journal  

Jan 15   On this day in history adolph Goldschmidt, German historian  

Jan 15   On this day in history the first US newspaper printed on wood-pulp paper, Boston Morning Journal  

Jan 16   -Aug 23rd) Cruise of CSS Florida in the year 1863.  

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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 in the year 1863.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 14   Pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator was born on this day in history.  

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of adolph Goldschmidt, German historian  

Jan 15   In the year 1863 birth of wilhelm Marx, premier (Prussia)  

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

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   Lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775) died on this day in history.  

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

Mar 11   Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (b. 1803) died in the year 1863.  

Mar 17   John Pelham, US Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24 in the year 1863.  

Mar 21   Edwin Vose Sumner, US Union-general-major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Mar 28   On this day in history james Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52