Historical Events In 1862

Aug 28   In the year 1862 belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC   

Aug 29   On this day in history 2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) begins   

Aug 29   Battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels in the year 1862.   

Aug 29   On this day in history p M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911)   

Aug 29   US Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation in the year 1862.   

Aug 30   In the year 1862 2nd Battle of Bull Run   

Aug 30   Battle of 2nd Manassas-Pope defeated by Lee-Battle of Richmond, KY on this day in history.   

Aug 30   On this day in history battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee   

Aug 30   On this day in history confederate troops defeat Union forces at the Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, VA.   

Aug 31   On this day in history george William Taylor, US Union brig-general, dies in battle   

Sep 01   Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist on this day in history.   

Sep 01   In the year 1862 battle at Chantilly (Ox Hill) Virginia (2100 casualties)   

Sep 01   In the year 1862 isaac Ingalls Stevens, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 44   

Sep 01   Severe action at Chantilly, Virginia in the year 1862.   

Sep 02   Thornton F Brodhead, US lawyer/politician/brig-general, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

Sep 04   Gen Lee invades North with 50,000 Confederate troops in the year 1862.   

Sep 04   North Beach &Mission Railway Company organized in SF on this day in history.   

Sep 05   In the year 1862 lee crosses Potomac & enters Maryland   

Sep 05   On this day in history lee crosses the Potomac &enters Maryland   

Sep 06   Stonewall Jackson occupies Frederick, Maryland in the year 1862.   

Sep 06   On this day in history stonewall Jackson occupies Fredrick, Maryland   

Sep 09   Lee splits his army & sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry in the year 1862.   

Sep 09   In the year 1862 lee splits his army &sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry   

Sep 10   In the year 1862 carlos A Lopez, president of Paraguay (1844-62), dies at 71   

Sep 11   On this day in history o Henry, [William Sydney Porter], short story writer   

Sep 12   On this day in history battle of Harpers Ferry VA   

Sep 13   On this day in history dirk Bos, Dutch liberal 2nd Member of parliament   

Sep 14   Battle at Crampton's Gap: Union troops chases away Confederates in the year 1862.   

Sep 14   On this day in history jesse Lee Reno, Union general-major (Reno Nevada), dies at 39   

Sep 15   In the year 1862 confederates conquer Union-weapon arsenal at Harpers Ferry WV   

Sep 15   Stonewall Jackson takes Harpers Ferry on this day in history.   

Sep 16   Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md) in the year 1862.   

Sep 16   Gen Bragg's army surrounds 4000 federals at Munfordville, KY on this day in history.   

Sep 17   On this day in history battle of Cumberland Gap, TN-evacuted by Federals   

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Jan 01   Snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera) was born in the year 1862.   

Jan 03   In the year 1862 birth of sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other places (d. 1939)   

Jan 08   In the year 1862 birth of frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co)   

Jan 17   John E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher was born in the year 1862.   

Jan 23   David Hilbert, Königsberg East Prussia, mathematician was born in the year 1862.   

Jan 24   Edith Wharton[-Jones], US, novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth) was born in the year 1862.   

Jan 29   Frederick Delius, Bradford England, composer (Hiawatha) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 30   Walter Johannes Damrosch, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history death of mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801)   

Jan 05   Joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   On this day in history samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47   

Jan 18   In the year 1862 john Tyler, 10th US pres (1841-45), dies in Richmond Va at 71   

Jan 20   In the year 1862 death of felix Zollicoffer, Gen killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines   

Jan 24   In the year 1862 james McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33   

Feb 03   Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87 in the year 1862.   

Feb 07   Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1862.