Historical Events In 1863

Jul 14   Battle of Falling Waters, MD (Beaver Creek) on this day in history.  

Jul 15   Pres Davis orders service duty for confederate army on this day in history.  

Jul 16   Utrecht-Swells railway opens on this day in history.  

Jul 17   Battle of Honey Springs in the year 1863.  

Jul 17   Battle of Honey Springs, largest battle of war in Indian Territory on this day in history.  

Jul 17   On this day in history james Johnston Pettigrew, US attorney/Confederate, dies at 35  

Jul 18   On this day in history battle of Fort Wagner, SC  

Jul 18   On this day in history william Dorsey Pender, US Confederate gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29  

Jul 19   Battle of Buffington's Island (St George Creek), Ohio in the year 1863.  

Jul 19   Hermann Bahr, Austria writer/director (New Men) in the year 1863.  

Jul 21   C[harles] Aubrey Smith, London England, actor (Prisoner of Zenda) in the year 1863.  

Jul 22   On this day in history alec Hearne, cricketer (brother of George & Frank, Kent 1884-1910)  

Jul 22   Carl Schuberth, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1863.  

Jul 23   Alexandra Park opens in North London on this day in history.  

Jul 24   In the year 1863 battle at Battle Mountain, Virginia  

Jul 25   Skirmish at Barbee's Crossroads, Virginia in the year 1863.  

Jul 26   On this day in history at Salineville, OH John Hunt Morgan & 364 troops surrender  

Jul 26   Battle of Salineville OH, John Hunt Morgan & 364 troops surrender on this day in history.  

Jul 26   Jazeps Witols, composer in the year 1863.  

Jul 26   In the year 1863 samuel Houston, 1st Pres of Rep of Texas (1836-38, 41-44), dies at 70  

Jul 28   On this day in history james Deshler, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 30  

Jul 29   In the year 1863 edward Needle Kirk, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at about 35  

Jul 30   George Crockett Strong, US Union gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29 on this day in history.  

Jul 30   Henry Ford, Dearborn Township Mich, auto maker (Ford) in the year 1863.  

Jul 30   In the year 1863 pres Lincoln issues "eye-for-eye" order to shoot a rebel prisoner for every black prisoner shot  

Jul 30   On this day in history the birth of Henry Ford, American car manufacturer  

Aug 01   In the year 1863 battle of Little Rock, Arkansas & start of Chattanooga campaign  

Aug 01   On this day in history gaston Doumergue, premier/pres of France (1913..34)  

Aug 03   Governor Seymour asks Lincoln to suspend draft in NY in the year 1863.  

Aug 05   Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Aug 08   American Civil War: Tennessee's "military" Governor Andrew Johnson frees his personal slaves. During the early 20th century, the day was celebrated by blacks in Tennessee as a holiday on this day in history.  

Aug 08   In the year 1863 angus MacAskill known as 'Giant MacAskill', circus performer (b.1825)  

Aug 11   On this day in history arpad Szendy, composer  

Aug 11   In the year 1863 cambodia becomes French protectorate  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back)  

Jan 01   In the year 1863 birth of pierre de Coubertin, France, baron (revived Olympic games)  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17)  

Jan 12   In the year 1863 birth of vivekananda, Calcutta, Hindu religious leader/reformer  

Jan 14   Pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator was born in the year 1863.  

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

Jan 15   Wilhelm Marx, premier (Prussia) was born in the year 1863.  

Jan 17   In the year 1863 birth of david Lloyd George, (L-PM-Britain, 1916-22)  

Jan 02   In the year 1863 roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35  

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