Historical Events In 1863

Feb 24   On this day in history arizona is organized as a U.S. territory.  

Feb 24   In the year 1863 arizona Territory created  

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

Feb 25   On this day in history 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   In the year 1863 confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister Georgia  

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

Mar 02   Congress authorizes track width of 4'8½" for Union Pacific RR to be called the "Standard gauge " on this day in history.  

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

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

Mar 03   In the year 1863 congress authorizes a US mint at Carson City NV  

Mar 03   On this day in history federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia  

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

Mar 03   Gold certificates (currency) authorized by Congress on this day in history.  

Mar 03   In the year 1863 idaho Territory forms  

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

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   On this day in history andrew Stoddart, cricketer (My Dear Victorious Stod)  

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

Mar 12   Adolf A Wolfschoon, Curacao, poet in the year 1863.  

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   In the year 1863 battle of Kelly's Ford, Virginia (211 casualities)  

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

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   Battle of Pensacola FL evacuated by Federals in the year 1863.  

Mar 20   Battle of Pensacola FL -evacuated by Federals in the year 1863.  

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

Mar 20   Ernesto Nazareth, composer on this day in history.  

Mar 21   Edwin Vose Sumner, US Union-general-major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Mar 21   Hugo Kaun, composer 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   Lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 14   Pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator was born on this day in history.  

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of adolph Goldschmidt, German historian  

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

Jan 17   David Lloyd George, (L-PM-Britain, 1916-22) was born in the year 1863.  

Jan 02   Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35 in the year 1863.  

Jan 09   On this day in history ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71  

Jan 10   On this day in history death of lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775)  

Jan 17   E J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 17   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Mar 28   In the year 1863 james Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52