Historical Events In 1863

Feb 23   In the year 1863 franz von Stuck, German painter (Der Krieg)   

Feb 24   Arizona is organized as a U.S. territory in the year 1863.   

Feb 24   On this day in history arizona Territory created   

Feb 24   In the year 1863 forrest's raid on Brentwood TN   

Feb 25   Congress creates national banking system, comptroller of currency in the year 1863.   

Feb 26   Lincoln signs National Currency Act on this day in history.   

Feb 28   Confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister GA on this day in history.   

Feb 28   Confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister Georgia on this day in history.   

Mar 02   Congress authorizes track width of 4'8½" for Union Pacific RR in the year 1863.   

Mar 02   Congress authorizes track width of 4'8½" for Union Pacific RR to be called the "Standard gauge " in the year 1863.   

Mar 03   1st US wartime military conscription bill enacted in the year 1863.   

Mar 03   On this day in history abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences   

Mar 03   Congress authorizes a US mint at Carson City NV in the year 1863.   

Mar 03   On this day in history federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia   

Mar 03   Free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service on this day in history.   

Mar 03   In the year 1863 gold certificates (currency) authorized by Congress   

Mar 03   In the year 1863 idaho Territory forms   

Mar 03   US wartime military conscription bill enacted on this day in history.   

Mar 04   On this day in history battle of Thompson's Station, Tennessee   

Mar 04   In the year 1863 battle of Thompson's Station, TN   

Mar 04   On this day in history territory of Idaho established   

Mar 11   On this day in history andrew Stoddart, cricketer (My Dear Victorious Stod)   

Mar 11   In the year 1863 free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service.   

Mar 12   On this day in history adolf A Wolfschoon, Curacao, poet   

Mar 14   RADM Farragut's squadron of 7 ships forces way up Mississippi River to support Union troops at Vicksburg and Baton Rouge on this day in history.   

Mar 17   Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA (211 casualities) on this day in history.   

Mar 17   On this day in history battle of Kelly's Ford, Virginia (211 casualities)   

Mar 17   John Pelham, US Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24 in the year 1863.   

Mar 19   The SS Georgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000. The wreck was discovered on the same day and month, exactly 102 years later by then teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence on this day in history.   

Mar 20   On this day in history battle of Pensacola FL evacuated by Federals   

Mar 20   On this day in history battle of Pensacola FL -evacuated by Federals   

Mar 20   In the year 1863 battle of Pensacola FL: evacuated by Federals   

Mar 20   Ernesto Nazareth, composer on this day in history.   

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

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Next Page »

Jan 01   In the year 1863 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   In the year 1863 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   Pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator was born on this day in history.   

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   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 in the year 1863.   

Mar 11   Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (b. 1803) died in the year 1863.   

Mar 17   John Pelham, US Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24 in the year 1863.   

Mar 21   In the year 1863 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