Historical Events In 1863

Mar 21   Hugo Kaun, composer on this day in history.  

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

Mar 23   Godfried CE van Daalen, Dutch general/governor of Atjeh on this day in history.  

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

Mar 25   Skirmish at Brentwood TN on this day in history.  

Mar 25   In the year 1863 the first Army Medal of Honor awarded  

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

Mar 27   Henry Royce, automobile founder (Rolls-Royce) in the year 1863.  

Mar 27   President Davis calls for this to be a day of fasting & prayer in the year 1863.  

Mar 27   In the year 1863 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   On this day in history danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg chosen as king George of Greece  

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

Mar 31   Battle of Grand Gulf MS & Dinwiddie Court House VA on this day in history.  

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

Apr 01   Wartime conscription law in US goes into effect in the year 1863.  

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

Apr 02   Henry C Van de Velde, Flemish painter/architect (Art Nouveau) on this day in history.  

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

Apr 08   In the year 1863 joseph Netherclift, composer, dies at 70  

Apr 08   Wartime conscription law in US goes into effect on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Apr 11   Battle of Suffolk, VA (Norfleet House) in the year 1863.  

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

Apr 12   Raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding School) on this day in history.  

Apr 13   Battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland) on this day in history.  

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   Daniel Smith Donelson, Conf gen/cousin of Andrew Jackson, dies at 61 in the year 1863.  

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

Apr 17   On this day in history r Grierson's: La Grange, TN to Baton Rouge, LA  

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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   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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 15   Wilhelm Marx, premier (Prussia) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 02   On this day in history roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35  

Jan 09   In the year 1863 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1863 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 on this day in history.  

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