Page 4: Historical Events In 1863

Mar 25   Skirmish at Brentwood TN.   

Mar 25   The inaugural Army Medal of Honor awarded   

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

Mar 27   Henry Royce, automobile founder (Rolls-Royce)   

Mar 27   President Davis calls for this to be a day of fasting and prayer   

Mar 27   Sir Henry Royce, The motor car designer of Rolls Royce fame is born.   

Mar 28   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.   

Mar 31   Battle of Grand Gulf MS and Dinwiddie Court House VA   

Apr 01   1st wartime conscription law in US comes into force   

Apr 01   Wartime conscription law in US comes into force.   

Apr 02   Bread revolt in Richmond Virginia.   

Apr 02   Henry C Van de Velde, Flemish painter/architect (Art Nouveau).   

Apr 07   Battle of Charleston SC, failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter.   

Apr 08   Joseph Netherclift, composer, dies at 70.   

Apr 10   Giovanni B Amia, Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist, dies at 77   

Apr 10   Rebel Gen Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin, Tenn   

Apr 11   Battle of Suffolk, VA (Norfleet House).   

Apr 12   -14] Gunboat battle at Bayou Teche Louisiana   

Apr 12   Raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding School).   

Apr 13   Battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland)   

Apr 14   William Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press.   

Apr 15   Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90.   

Apr 16   Union gunboats pass Confederate batteries at Vicksburg   

Apr 17   Daniel Smith Donelson, Conf gen/cousin of Andrew Jackson, dies at 61.   

Apr 17   Johannes P Boskaljon, Curacao composer/conductor   

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

Apr 18   Felix Blumenfeld, composer.   

Apr 18   In Weston-super-Mare, England Augustus Love born. Love waves, named after A.E.H. Love, are earthquake waves that move horizontally with respect to the direction of travel, with no vertical motion   

Apr 19   Union troops/fleet occupy For Huger, Virginia   

Apr 21   Declaration of aha'u'llah; Baha'i Feast of Ridvan (Jalal 13, 20)   

Apr 21   Declaration of Bah 'u'll h; Bah '¡ Feast of Ridv n (Jalƒl 13, 20)   

Apr 22   Cornelis A J van Dishoeck, Dutch publisher   

Apr 24   Skirmish at Okolona/Birmingham, Mississippi (Grierson's Raid)   

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Jan 01   Aleko konstantinov: Bulgarian writer (to chicago & back)   

Jan 01   Pierre de coubertin: France, baron (revived olympic games)   

Jan 02   Lucia zarate: Became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17)   

Jan 12   Vivekananda: Calcutta, hindu religious leader/reformer   

Jan 14   Pieter oosterlee: Dutch educator   

Jan 15   Adolph goldschmidt: German historian   

Jan 15   Wilhelm marx: Premier (prussia)   

Jan 17   David lloyd george: (l-pm-britain, 1916-22)   

Jan 02   Roger weightman hanson: Confederate brig-gen,    

Jan 09   Ferdinand huber: Composer,   

Jan 10   Lyman beecher: Us presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775)   

Jan 17   E j horace vernet: French painter,   

Mar 11   Sir james outram: 1st baronet, english general (b. 1803)   

Mar 17   John pelham: Us confederate artillery major,   

Mar 21   Edwin vose sumner: Us union-general-major (fair oaks),   

Mar 28   James cooper: Us attorney/senator/union-brig-general,