Historical Events In 1863

Aug 12   In the year 1863 1st cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, BC area)  

Aug 12   First cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, BC area) in the year 1863.  

Aug 12   In the year 1863 the first cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet for export.  

Aug 14   Colin Campbell, British officer (Cawnpore), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Aug 14   On this day in history first Kanakas arrive in Brisbane for employment on cotton plantation.  

Aug 15   In the year 1863 submarine "HL Hunley" arrives in Charleston on railroad cars  

Aug 16   Chickamauga campaign GA on this day in history.  

Aug 16   Emancipation Proclamation signed on this day in history.  

Aug 17   On this day in history federal batteries & ships attacked Fort Sumter in SC  

Aug 17   On this day in history federal batteries &ships bombard Fort Sumter, Charleston  

Aug 18   Thomas Welsh, US Union brig-general (Antietam), dies at 39 on this day in history.  

Aug 21   In the year 1863 raid at Lawrence KS by William Quantrill  

Aug 26   In the year 1863 battle of Rocky Gap WV (White Sulphur Springs)  

Aug 26   In the year 1863 john Buchanan Floyd, US min of War (1857-60)/Confederate general, dies  

Sep 01   In the year 1863 6th Ohio Cavalry ambush at Barbees Crossroads Virginia  

Sep 01   On this day in history rR &ferry connection between SF &Oakland inaugurated  

Sep 03   First Australian troops arrive in New Zealand on this day in history.  

Sep 05   In the year 1863 bread revolt in Mobile Alabama  

Sep 06   In the year 1863 -7] Confederate troops vacate Fort Wagner SC (1700 casualties)  

Sep 06   In the year 1863 after 59 day siege, confederates evacuate Ft Wagner, SC  

Sep 06   Lucius March Walker, Confederate brig-general (in duel), dies at 33 on this day in history.  

Sep 06   Rodolfo Lenz, German/Chilian linguist (El Papiamento) on this day in history.  

Sep 07   In the year 1863 federal naval expedition arrives off Sabine Pass  

Sep 08   In the year 1863 -10] Federal troops reconquer the Cumperland Gap, Tennessee  

Sep 08   On this day in history 47 Texas volunteers repel Federal invasion force at Sabine Pass, TX  

Sep 08   Gustavo Emilio Campa, composer on this day in history.  

Sep 09   Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN in the year 1863.  

Sep 10   George Bizets opera "Les Pêcheurs de Perles," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

Sep 13   In the year 1863 arthur Henderson, Britain, socialist/disarmament worker (Nobel 1934)  

Sep 15   On this day in history horatio William Parker, composer  

Sep 16   In the year 1863 robert College of Istanbul-Turkey, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.  

Sep 17   In the year 1863 albartus Telting, Fries poet/2nd-Member of parliament, dies  

Sep 17   Pope Pius IX encyclical On persecution in New Grenada in the year 1863.  

Sep 18   On this day in history hermann Kutter, Swiss Christ-social theologist  

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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   On this day in history birth of vivekananda, Calcutta, Hindu religious leader/reformer  

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 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71  

Jan 10   Lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775) died in the year 1863.  

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

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

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