Page 3: 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 in the year 1863.   

Feb 24   In the year 1863 arizona Territory created   

Feb 24   Forrest's raid on Brentwood TN in the year 1863.   

Feb 25   Congress creates national banking system, comptroller of currency on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1863.   

Mar 02   Congress authorizes track width of 4'8½" for Union Pacific RR on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1863 1st US wartime military conscription bill enacted   

Mar 03   Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1863.   

Mar 03   In the year 1863 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   Idaho Territory forms on this day in history.   

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

Mar 04   Battle of Thompson's Station, Tennessee in the year 1863.   

Mar 04   Battle of Thompson's Station, TN in the year 1863.   

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   In the year 1863 free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service.   

Mar 12   Adolf A Wolfschoon, Curacao, poet on this day in history.   

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) in the year 1863.   

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

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

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

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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   On this day in history 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   Pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator was born in the year 1863.   

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

Jan 15   In the year 1863 birth of wilhelm Marx, premier (Prussia)   

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   Ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1863.   

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

Jan 17   In the year 1863 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   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.