Page 11: Historical Events In 1863

Sep 30   Reinhard Scheer, German admiral (WW I).   

Oct 01   5 Russian warships welcomed in NYC   

Oct 02   Justinus van de Brugghen, lawyer/minister of Justice, dies.   

Oct 03   Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day   

Oct 04   Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, earl of Nijenhuis/Peckedam, dies at 69   

Oct 05   Confederate sub David damages Union ship Ironsides.   

Oct 05   Ludwig Borchardt, German Egyptologist   

Oct 06   Battle at Baxter Springs Kansas   

Oct 06   Dr Charles H Sheppard opens the inaugural public bath, in Brooklyn.   

Oct 09   Alexander Siloti, Kharkov Russia, pianist/prof (Moscow Cons 1888-91).   

Oct 09   Battle of Brady Station, VA (Culpeper Court House, Bristoe Station).   

Oct 10   Skirmish at Blue Springs, Tennessee (166 casualties)   

Oct 11   Skirmish at Rheatown/Henderson's Mill, Tennessee   

Oct 11   Xavier Henry Napoleon Leroux, composer.   

Oct 13   C-E Auguste Rateau, French mining engineer (Rateau steam turbine)   

Oct 13   Skirmish at Blountsville, Tennessee (50 casualties)   

Oct 14   Battle at Bristoe Station Virginia (about 2000 casualties).   

Oct 15   Cliff House opens in SF (1st of many on site)   

Oct 15   Cliff House opens in SF (1st of many on the site)   

Oct 16   Austen Chamberlain, British Foreign Secretary (Nobel 1925)   

Oct 16   Grant is given command of Union forces in West   

Oct 18   Battle of Charlestown, WV   

Oct 19   Battle of Buckland Mills, VA   

Oct 19   John Huston Finley, Ill, editor (NY Times (1937-38)   

Oct 21   Lambertus GC Ledeboer, Dutch old-reformed vicar, dies at 55   

Oct 24   Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer.   

Oct 26   Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer   

Oct 26   In this year, Soccer rules standardized; rugby starts as a separate game.   

Oct 26   Worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva.   

Oct 27   Dutch railway to Harlingen opens.   

Oct 28   Battle at Wauhatchie Georgia: 865 killed or injured   

Oct 29   International Red Cross founded by Henri Dunant.   

Oct 29   Intl Comm of Red Cross forms (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963).   

Oct 29   Intl Comm of the Red Cross founded (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963).   

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Jan 01   Aleko konstantinov: Bulgarian writer (to chicago & back)   

Jan 01   Pierre de coubertin: France, baron (revived olympic games)   

Jan 02   Lucia zarate: Became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17)   

Jan 12   Vivekananda: Calcutta, hindu religious leader/reformer   

Jan 14   Pieter oosterlee: Dutch educator   

Jan 15   Adolph goldschmidt: German historian   

Jan 15   Wilhelm marx: Premier (prussia)   

Jan 17   David lloyd george: (l-pm-britain, 1916-22)   

Jan 02   Roger weightman hanson: Confederate brig-gen,   

Jan 09   Ferdinand huber: Composer,    

Jan 10   Lyman beecher: Us presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775)   

Jan 17   E j horace vernet: French painter,   

Mar 11   Sir james outram: 1st baronet, english general (b. 1803)   

Mar 17   John pelham: Us confederate artillery major,    

Mar 21   Edwin vose sumner: Us union-general-major (fair oaks),    

Mar 28   James cooper: Us attorney/senator/union-brig-general,