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) on this day in history.  

Oct 16   In the year 1863 grant is given command of Union forces in West  

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

Oct 19   On this day in history battle of Buckland Mills, VA  

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   Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer on this day in history.  

Oct 26   Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer on this day in history.  

Oct 26   In the year 1863 soccer rules standardized; rugby starts as a separate game  

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

Oct 27   In the year 1863 dutch railway to Harlingen opens  

Oct 28   Battle at Wauhatchie Georgia: 865 killed or injured in the year 1863.  

Oct 29   On this day in history international Red Cross founded by Henri Dunant  

Oct 29   Intl Comm of Red Cross forms (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963) in the year 1863.  

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

Oct 29   On this day in history the International Red Cross is established.  

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

Oct 31   The Maori Wars resumed as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron began their Invasion of the Waikato in the year 1863.  

Nov 01   In the year 1863 -8] Averell's Raid (on)to Lewisburg, West Virginia  

Nov 01   On this day in history alfred Reisenauer, composer  

Nov 01   Fortifications built on Angel Island (San Francisco Bay) by troops in the year 1863.  

Nov 03   In the year 1863 battle of Grand Coteau, GA  

Nov 03   Eugene Samuel-Holeman, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 06   In the year 1863 battle of Rogersville TN  

Nov 07   In the year 1863 battle of Rappahannock Station & Kelly's Ford, VA  

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

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

Nov 14   On this day in history bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee  

Nov 14   Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakelite) in the year 1863.  

Nov 14   In the year 1863 skirmish at Danville, Mississippi  

Nov 15   Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (childless), dies in the year 1863.  

Nov 16   Battle of Campbell's Station TN, 492 casualities on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1863 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   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 on this day in history.  

Jan 14   In the year 1863 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   Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35 on this day in history.  

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

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   In the year 1863 james Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52