Historical Events In 1863

Oct 15   Cliff House opens in SF (1st of many on site) on this day in history.  

Oct 15   In the year 1863 cliff House opens in SF (1st of many on the site)  

Oct 16   Austen Chamberlain, British Foreign Secretary (Nobel 1925) in the year 1863.  

Oct 16   Grant is given command of Union forces in West in the year 1863.  

Oct 18   Battle of Charlestown, WV in the year 1863.  

Oct 19   Battle of Buckland Mills, VA in the year 1863.  

Oct 19   John Huston Finley, Ill, editor (NY Times (1937-38) on this day in history.  

Oct 21   On this day in history lambertus GC Ledeboer, Dutch old-reformed vicar, dies at 55  

Oct 24   On this day in history manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer  

Oct 26   Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer in the year 1863.  

Oct 26   Soccer rules standardized; rugby starts as a separate game in the year 1863.  

Oct 26   On this day in history worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva  

Oct 27   Dutch railway to Harlingen opens on this day in history.  

Oct 28   In the year 1863 battle at Wauhatchie Georgia: 865 killed or injured  

Oct 29   International Red Cross founded by Henri Dunant in the year 1863.  

Oct 29   On this day in history intl Comm of Red Cross forms (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963)  

Oct 29   In the year 1863 intl Comm of the Red Cross founded (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963)  

Oct 29   The International Red Cross is established in the year 1863.  

Oct 31   On this day in history louis Ludwig Blenker, German/US brig-general (Union), dies at 51  

Oct 31   On this day in history the Maori Wars resumed as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron began their Invasion of the Waikato.  

Nov 01   On this day in history -8] Averell's Raid (on)to Lewisburg, West Virginia  

Nov 01   On this day in history alfred Reisenauer, composer  

Nov 01   In the year 1863 fortifications built on Angel Island (San Francisco Bay) by troops  

Nov 03   Battle of Grand Coteau, GA on this day in history.  

Nov 03   On this day in history eugene Samuel-Holeman, composer  

Nov 06   Battle of Rogersville TN on this day in history.  

Nov 07   Battle of Rappahannock Station & Kelly's Ford, VA on this day in history.  

Nov 08   René [Raphael] Viviani, French historian/social premier (1914-15) in the year 1863.  

Nov 13   Carnot Posey, Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 50 in the year 1863.  

Nov 14   Bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee in the year 1863.  

Nov 14   On this day in history leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakelite)  

Nov 14   On this day in history skirmish at Danville, Mississippi  

Nov 15   Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (childless), dies on this day in history.  

Nov 16   Battle of Campbell's Station TN, 492 casualities 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   On this day in history birth of lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17)  

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

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator  

Jan 15   Adolph Goldschmidt, German historian was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 17   In the year 1863 birth of david Lloyd George, (L-PM-Britain, 1916-22)  

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   In the year 1863 e J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies at 73  

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

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

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.