Historical Events In 1863

Jan 01   1st homestead under the Homestead Act claimed, near Beatrice, Nebr in the year 1863.  

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   Emancipation Proclamation (ending slavery) issued by Lincoln on this day in history.  

Jan 01   The birth of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern olympics on this day in history.  

Jan 01   The first homestead under the Homestead Act claimed, near Beatrice NE on this day in history.  

Jan 02   On this day in history battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) ends  

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

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

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

Jan 08   American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield in the year 1863.  

Jan 09   In the year 1863 -Jan 11th] Battle of Arkansas Post, AK (Ft Hindman)  

Jan 09   In the year 1863 ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71  

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

Jan 10   In the year 1863 general McClernand's Union troops surround Fort Hindman AR  

Jan 10   January-uprising begins in Poland in the year 1863.  

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

Jan 11   CSS Alabama sinks USS Hatteras off Galveston on this day in history.  

Jan 11   On this day in history naval engagement near Galveston between CSS Alabama & USS Hatteras  

Jan 11   On this day in history union forces capture Arkansas Post, or Fort Hindman AR  

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

Jan 12   On this day in history president Davis delivers his "State of the Confederacy" address  

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   Chenille manufacturing machine patented by William Canter, NYC in the year 1863.  

Jan 13   Thomas Crapper pioneers one-piece pedestal flushing toilet in the year 1863.  

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   On this day in history pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator  

Jan 15   1st US newspaper printed on wood-pulp paper, Boston Morning Journal in the year 1863.  

Jan 15   Adolph Goldschmidt, German historian in the year 1863.  

Jan 15   In the year 1863 the first US newspaper printed on wood-pulp paper, Boston Morning Journal  

Jan 16   -Aug 23rd) Cruise of CSS Florida on this day in history.  

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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   In the year 1863 birth of lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17)  

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

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   Wilhelm Marx, premier (Prussia) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of david Lloyd George, (L-PM-Britain, 1916-22)  

Jan 02   Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   In the year 1863 ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71  

Jan 10   On this day in history death of lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775)  

Jan 17   On this day in history e J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies at 73  

Mar 11   In the year 1863 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   On this day in history 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.