Historical Events In 1863

Feb 23   On this day in history franz von Stuck, German painter (Der Krieg)  

Feb 24   Arizona is organized as a U.S. territory on this day in history.  

Feb 24   On this day in history arizona Territory created  

Feb 24   Forrest's raid on Brentwood TN on this day in history.  

Feb 25   In the year 1863 congress creates national banking system, comptroller of currency  

Feb 26   Lincoln signs National Currency Act on this day in history.  

Feb 28   Confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister GA on this day in history.  

Feb 28   Confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister Georgia on this day in history.  

Mar 02   On this day in history congress authorizes track width of 4'8½" for Union Pacific RR  

Mar 02   Congress authorizes track width of 4'8½" for Union Pacific RR to be called the "Standard gauge " in the year 1863.  

Mar 03   1st US wartime military conscription bill enacted in the year 1863.  

Mar 03   In the year 1863 abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences  

Mar 03   Congress authorizes a US mint at Carson City NV on this day in history.  

Mar 03   Federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia on this day in history.  

Mar 03   Free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service on this day in history.  

Mar 03   Gold certificates (currency) authorized by Congress in the year 1863.  

Mar 03   Idaho Territory forms on this day in history.  

Mar 03   On this day in history uS wartime military conscription bill enacted  

Mar 04   In the year 1863 battle of Thompson's Station, Tennessee  

Mar 04   Battle of Thompson's Station, TN on this day in history.  

Mar 04   In the year 1863 territory of Idaho established  

Mar 11   Andrew Stoddart, cricketer (My Dear Victorious Stod) on this day in history.  

Mar 11   Free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service in the year 1863.  

Mar 12   On this day in history adolf A Wolfschoon, Curacao, poet  

Mar 14   RADM Farragut's squadron of 7 ships forces way up Mississippi River to support Union troops at Vicksburg and Baton Rouge on this day in history.  

Mar 17   In the year 1863 battle of Kelly's Ford, VA (211 casualities)  

Mar 17   Battle of Kelly's Ford, Virginia (211 casualities) on this day in history.  

Mar 17   On this day in history john Pelham, US Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24  

Mar 19   On this day in history the SS Georgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000. The wreck was discovered on the same day and month, exactly 102 years later by then teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence.  

Mar 20   In the year 1863 battle of Pensacola FL evacuated by Federals  

Mar 20   Battle of Pensacola FL -evacuated by Federals on this day in history.  

Mar 20   On this day in history battle of Pensacola FL: evacuated by Federals  

Mar 20   On this day in history ernesto Nazareth, composer  

Mar 21   Edwin Vose Sumner, US Union-general-major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66 in the year 1863.  

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Jan 01   Aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back) was born in the year 1863.  

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 in the year 1863.  

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

Jan 15   In the year 1863 birth of adolph Goldschmidt, German historian  

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of wilhelm Marx, premier (Prussia)  

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

Jan 10   In the year 1863 death of lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775)  

Jan 17   E J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies at 73 in the year 1863.  

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.