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

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

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

Mar 27   The birth of Sir Henry Royce, The motor car designer of Rolls Royce fame in the year 1863.  

Mar 28   James Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52 in the year 1863.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1863.  

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 on this day in history.  

Apr 08   On this day in history joseph Netherclift, composer, dies at 70  

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

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

Apr 10   In the year 1863 rebel Gen Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin, Tenn  

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

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   In the year 1863 jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90  

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   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 in the year 1863.  

Jan 02   Lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17) was born in the year 1863.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   In the year 1863 ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71  

Jan 10   On this day in history 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   On this day in history death of sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (b. 1803)  

Mar 17   John Pelham, US Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24 on this day in history.  

Mar 21   On this day in history edwin Vose Sumner, US Union-general-major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66  

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