Historical Events In 1863

Mar 21   On this day in history hugo Kaun, composer  

Mar 21   On this day in history naval Engagement at Havana Cuba-USS Henrick Hudson vs BR Wild Pigeon  

Mar 23   Godfried CE van Daalen, Dutch general/governor of Atjeh in the year 1863.  

Mar 24   On this day in history bushrangers Charles Robardi and Auguste Rivet stand trial at Goulburn, NSW, for murdering mail carrier Daniel Crotty. (  

Mar 25   1st Army Medal of Honor awarded in the year 1863.  

Mar 25   Skirmish at Brentwood TN in the year 1863.  

Mar 25   On this day in history the first Army Medal of Honor awarded  

Mar 26   In the year 1863 voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves  

Mar 27   In the year 1863 henry Royce, automobile founder (Rolls-Royce)  

Mar 27   In the year 1863 president Davis calls for this to be a day of fasting & prayer  

Mar 27   On this day in history the birth of Sir Henry Royce, The motor car designer of Rolls Royce fame  

Mar 28   James Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

Mar 30   Danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg chosen as king George of Greece on this day in history.  

Mar 30   Danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Sleeswÿk-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg chosen as king George of Greece in the year 1863.  

Mar 31   On this day in history battle of Grand Gulf MS & Dinwiddie Court House VA  

Apr 01   1st wartime conscription law in US goes into effect on this day in history.  

Apr 01   On this day in history wartime conscription law in US goes into effect  

Apr 02   On this day in history bread revolt in Richmond Virginia  

Apr 02   Henry C Van de Velde, Flemish painter/architect (Art Nouveau) in the year 1863.  

Apr 07   Battle of Charleston SC, failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter in the year 1863.  

Apr 08   Joseph Netherclift, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Apr 08   On this day in history wartime conscription law in US goes into effect  

Apr 10   On this day in history giovanni B Amia, Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist, dies at 77  

Apr 10   Rebel Gen Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin, Tenn in the year 1863.  

Apr 11   On this day in history battle of Suffolk, VA (Norfleet House)  

Apr 12   On this day in history -14] Gunboat battle at Bayou Teche Louisiana  

Apr 12   On this day in history raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding School)  

Apr 13   Battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland) in the year 1863.  

Apr 14   On this day in history william Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press  

Apr 15   Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90 in the year 1863.  

Apr 16   On this day in history union gunboats pass Confederate batteries at Vicksburg  

Apr 17   In the year 1863 daniel Smith Donelson, Conf gen/cousin of Andrew Jackson, dies at 61  

Apr 17   In the year 1863 johannes P Boskaljon, Curacao composer/conductor  

Apr 17   R Grierson's: La Grange, TN to Baton Rouge, LA 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 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history birth of pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator  

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

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of wilhelm Marx, premier (Prussia)  

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of david Lloyd George, (L-PM-Britain, 1916-22)  

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   In the year 1863 death of lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775)  

Jan 17   E J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies at 73 in the year 1863.  

Mar 11   Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (b. 1803) died on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.