Historical Events In 1863

Feb 23   Franz von Stuck, German painter (Der Krieg) on this day in history.  

Feb 24   Arizona is organized as a U.S. territory in the year 1863.  

Feb 24   On this day in history arizona Territory created  

Feb 24   On this day in history forrest's raid on Brentwood TN  

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

Feb 26   In the year 1863 lincoln signs National Currency Act  

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 in the year 1863.  

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

Mar 02   Congress authorizes track width of 4'8�" for Union Pacific RR to be called the "Standard gauge " in the year 1863.  

Mar 03   1st US wartime military conscription bill enacted on this day in history.  

Mar 03   On this day in history abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences  

Mar 03   Congress authorizes a US mint at Carson City NV in the year 1863.  

Mar 03   In the year 1863 federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 03   In the year 1863 idaho Territory forms  

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

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

Mar 04   On this day in history battle of Thompson's Station, TN  

Mar 04   Territory of Idaho established in the year 1863.  

Mar 11   Andrew Stoddart, cricketer (My Dear Victorious Stod) in the year 1863.  

Mar 11   Free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service on this day in history.  

Mar 12   In the year 1863 adolf A Wolfschoon, Curacao, poet  

Mar 14   In the year 1863 rADM Farragut's squadron of 7 ships forces way up Mississippi River to support Union troops at Vicksburg and Baton Rouge  

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

Mar 17   Battle of Kelly's Ford, Virginia (211 casualities) in the year 1863.  

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

Mar 19   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 on this day in history.  

Mar 20   On this day in history 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   In the year 1863 ernesto Nazareth, composer  

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

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Jan 01   In the year 1863 birth of aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back)  

Jan 01   In the year 1863 birth of pierre de Coubertin, France, baron (revived Olympic games)  

Jan 02   Lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17) was born in the year 1863.  

Jan 12   Vivekananda, Calcutta, Hindu religious leader/reformer was born in the year 1863.  

Jan 14   Pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator was born in the year 1863.  

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

Jan 15   Wilhelm Marx, premier (Prussia) was born on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1863 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   Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (b. 1803) died in the year 1863.  

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

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

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