Historical Events In 1863

Feb 23   Franz von Stuck, German painter (Der Krieg) in the year 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   In the year 1863 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   In the year 1863 confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister GA  

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

Mar 02   In the year 1863 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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1863.  

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

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

Mar 03   On this day in history gold certificates (currency) authorized by Congress  

Mar 03   In the year 1863 idaho Territory forms  

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mar 17   In the year 1863 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 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 in the year 1863.  

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Jan 01   Aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Pierre de Coubertin, France, baron (revived Olympic games) was born in the year 1863.  

Jan 02   Lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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   In the year 1863 roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35  

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

Jan 10   Lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775) died on this day in history.  

Jan 17   On this day in history e J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies at 73  

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

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

Mar 21   In the year 1863 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 on this day in history.