Historical Events In 1863

Feb 23   In the year 1863 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   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   Lincoln signs National Currency Act in the year 1863.  

Feb 28   Confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister GA in the year 1863.  

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

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

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

Mar 03   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1863 gold certificates (currency) authorized by Congress  

Mar 03   On this day in history idaho Territory forms  

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

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

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

Mar 04   Territory of Idaho established on this day in history.  

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 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 in the year 1863.  

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

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

Mar 17   John Pelham, US Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history battle of Pensacola FL -evacuated by Federals  

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

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

Mar 21   In the year 1863 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   On this day in history birth of pierre de Coubertin, France, baron (revived Olympic games)  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17)  

Jan 12   In the year 1863 birth of vivekananda, Calcutta, Hindu religious leader/reformer  

Jan 14   In the year 1863 birth of pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator  

Jan 15   Adolph Goldschmidt, German historian was born in the year 1863.  

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 in the year 1863.  

Jan 10   Lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775) died in the year 1863.  

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

Mar 28   On this day in history james Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52