Page 4: Historical Events In 1863

Mar 21   On this day in history hugo Kaun, composer   

Mar 21   Naval Engagement at Havana Cuba-USS Henrick Hudson vs BR Wild Pigeon in the year 1863.   

Mar 23   In the year 1863 godfried CE van Daalen, Dutch general/governor of Atjeh   

Mar 24   In the year 1863 bushrangers Charles Robardi and Auguste Rivet stand trial at Goulburn, NSW, for murdering mail carrier Daniel Crotty. (   

Mar 25   On this day in history 1st Army Medal of Honor awarded   

Mar 25   Skirmish at Brentwood TN in the year 1863.   

Mar 25   The first Army Medal of Honor awarded in the year 1863.   

Mar 26   Voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves in the year 1863.   

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

Mar 27   President Davis calls for this to be a day of fasting & prayer on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Sleeswÿk-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg chosen as king George of Greece   

Mar 31   Battle of Grand Gulf MS & Dinwiddie Court House VA in the year 1863.   

Apr 01   1st wartime conscription law in US goes into effect in the year 1863.   

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

Apr 02   Bread revolt in Richmond Virginia on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1863.   

Apr 08   In the year 1863 wartime conscription law in US goes into effect   

Apr 10   Giovanni B Amia, Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist, dies at 77 in the year 1863.   

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   -14] Gunboat battle at Bayou Teche Louisiana in the year 1863.   

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

Apr 13   In the year 1863 battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland)   

Apr 14   In the year 1863 william Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press   

Apr 15   Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

Apr 16   In the year 1863 union gunboats pass Confederate batteries at Vicksburg   

Apr 17   Daniel Smith Donelson, Conf gen/cousin of Andrew Jackson, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

Apr 17   Johannes P Boskaljon, Curacao composer/conductor on this day in history.   

Apr 17   R Grierson's: La Grange, TN to Baton Rouge, LA in the year 1863.   

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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   In the year 1863 birth of lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17)   

Jan 12   Vivekananda, Calcutta, Hindu religious leader/reformer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 14   Pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator was born in the year 1863.   

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

Jan 15   Wilhelm Marx, premier (Prussia) was born in the year 1863.   

Jan 17   David Lloyd George, (L-PM-Britain, 1916-22) was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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 in the year 1863.   

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