Historical Events In 1863

Mar 21   Hugo Kaun, composer in the year 1863.  

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

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

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

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

Mar 26   Voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves on this day in history.  

Mar 27   Henry Royce, automobile founder (Rolls-Royce) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Mar 30   In the year 1863 danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg chosen as king George of Greece  

Mar 30   On this day in history danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Sleeswÿk-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg chosen as king George of Greece  

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 in the year 1863.  

Apr 01   Wartime conscription law in US goes into effect on this day in history.  

Apr 02   Bread revolt in Richmond Virginia in the year 1863.  

Apr 02   On this day in history henry C Van de Velde, Flemish painter/architect (Art Nouveau)  

Apr 07   In the year 1863 battle of Charleston SC, failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter  

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

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   On this day in history rebel Gen Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin, Tenn  

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

Apr 12   In the year 1863 -14] Gunboat battle at Bayou Teche Louisiana  

Apr 12   In the year 1863 raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding School)  

Apr 13   On this day in history battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland)  

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   Union gunboats pass Confederate batteries at Vicksburg in the year 1863.  

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 in the year 1863.  

Apr 17   In the year 1863 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   On this day in history birth of vivekananda, Calcutta, Hindu religious leader/reformer  

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator  

Jan 15   In the year 1863 birth of adolph Goldschmidt, German historian  

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

Jan 17   In the year 1863 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   Ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history edwin Vose Sumner, US Union-general-major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66  

Mar 28   In the year 1863 james Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52