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. ( in the year 1863.   

Mar 25   1st Army Medal of Honor awarded on this day in history.   

Mar 25   In the year 1863 skirmish at Brentwood TN   

Mar 25   The first Army Medal of Honor awarded on this day in history.   

Mar 26   Voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves on this day in history.   

Mar 27   Henry Royce, automobile founder (Rolls-Royce) in the year 1863.   

Mar 27   President Davis calls for this to be a day of fasting & prayer on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1863.   

Mar 30   On this day in history danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Sleeswÿk-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg chosen as king George of Greece   

Mar 31   On this day in history battle of Grand Gulf MS & Dinwiddie Court House VA   

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

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

Apr 02   Bread revolt in Richmond Virginia on this day in history.   

Apr 02   Henry C Van de Velde, Flemish painter/architect (Art Nouveau) in the year 1863.   

Apr 07   In the year 1863 battle of Charleston SC, failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter   

Apr 08   Joseph Netherclift, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1863.   

Apr 08   Wartime conscription law in US goes into effect in the year 1863.   

Apr 10   Giovanni B Amia, Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist, dies at 77 in the year 1863.   

Apr 10   Rebel Gen Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin, Tenn in the year 1863.   

Apr 11   On this day in history battle of Suffolk, VA (Norfleet House)   

Apr 12   -14] Gunboat battle at Bayou Teche Louisiana on this day in history.   

Apr 12   Raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding School) in the year 1863.   

Apr 13   Battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland) on this day in history.   

Apr 14   William Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press in the year 1863.   

Apr 15   Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90 in the year 1863.   

Apr 16   On this day in history union gunboats pass Confederate batteries at Vicksburg   

Apr 17   On this day in history daniel Smith Donelson, Conf gen/cousin of Andrew Jackson, dies at 61   

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

Apr 17   R Grierson's: La Grange, TN to Baton Rouge, LA in the year 1863.   

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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   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   Adolph Goldschmidt, German historian was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 17   David Lloyd George, (L-PM-Britain, 1916-22) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   On this day in history death of lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775)   

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   In the year 1863 john Pelham, US Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24   

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

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