Page 4: Historical Events In 1863

Mar 21   In the year 1863 hugo Kaun, composer   

Mar 21   In the year 1863 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   Bushrangers Charles Robardi and Auguste Rivet stand trial at Goulburn, NSW, for murdering mail carrier Daniel Crotty. ( on this day in history.   

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

Mar 25   In the year 1863 skirmish at Brentwood TN   

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

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

Mar 27   On this day in history henry Royce, automobile founder (Rolls-Royce)   

Mar 27   On this day in history 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   In the year 1863 james Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Apr 02   In the year 1863 bread revolt in Richmond Virginia   

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   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   Battle of Suffolk, VA (Norfleet House) on this day in history.   

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

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   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 in the year 1863.   

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

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

Jan 17   David Lloyd George, (L-PM-Britain, 1916-22) was born in the year 1863.   

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   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 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   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 on this day in history.   

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