Page 7: Historical Events In 1863

Jun 06   Battle of Milliken's Bend, LA & Williamsport, MD on this day in history.   

Jun 07   On this day in history battle of Milliken's Bend, LA-Jefferson Davis' home burnt   

Jun 07   On this day in history franz Xavier Gruber, composer, dies at 75   

Jun 07   Mexico City captured by French troops in the year 1863.   

Jun 09   In the year 1863 battle of Brandy Station, Va   

Jun 09   In the year 1863 battle of Brandy Station, VA (Fleetwood, Beverly Ford)   

Jun 09   Benjamin Franklin "Grimes" Davis, Union major, dies in battle at 30 on this day in history.   

Jun 10   Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Miss; Forrest w/3500 defeats 8000 Feds on this day in history.   

Jun 10   In the year 1863 louis M A Couperus, Dutch poet/writer (Eline Vere)   

Jun 11   On this day in history eduard David, German undersecretary (constitution of Weimar)   

Jun 13   On this day in history battle of Winchester VA   

Jun 13   On this day in history josef Venantius von Woss, composer   

Jun 14   Battle of 2nd Winchester, Virginia in the year 1863.   

Jun 15   2nd battle at Winchester Va, ends in Federal defeat; 1350 casualities on this day in history.   

Jun 16   In the year 1863 paul Antonin Vidal, composer   

Jun 17   Battle at Middleburg Virginia in the year 1863.   

Jun 17   Battle of Aldie, Confederates fail to drive back the Union in Virginia in the year 1863.   

Jun 17   On this day in history isham W Garrott, US attorney/Confederate brig-general, dies in battle   

Jun 17   Travelers Insurance Co of Hartford chartered (1st accident insurer) on this day in history.   

Jun 18   After long neglect, Confederates hurriedly fortify Vicksburg in the year 1863.   

Jun 19   In the year 1863 battle at Middleburg Virginia (100+ casualties)   

Jun 20   On this day in history 1st bank chartered in US (National Bank of Davenport Iowa)   

Jun 20   In the year 1863 first bank chartered in US (National Bank of Davenport Iowa)   

Jun 20   West Virginia admitted as 35th US state in the year 1863.   

Jun 21   On this day in history battle at Upperville Virginia, 389 casualities   

Jun 23   On this day in history tullahoma campaign, TN   

Jun 24   In the year 1863 planning an invasion of Pennsylvania, Lee's army crosses Potomac   

Jun 25   In the year 1863 uS General George Meade replaces General Hooker to be more aggressive   

Jun 26   Andrew Hull Foote, US Union lt admiral, dies in the year 1863.   

Jun 27   Martin E Green, Confederate brig-general, shot dead at 38 in the year 1863.   

Jun 27   Skirmish at Fairfax (Courthouse) Virginia on this day in history.   

Jun 29   In the year 1863 battle at Westminster Maryland: Federal assault   

Jun 29   On this day in history james Harvey Robinson, Ill, historian (Ordeal of Civilization)   

Jun 29   Lee orders his forces to concentrate near Gettysburg, PN on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   Aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Pierre de Coubertin, France, baron (revived Olympic games) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17) was born in the year 1863.   

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of vivekananda, Calcutta, Hindu religious leader/reformer   

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator   

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   Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35 in the year 1863.   

Jan 09   Ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   In the year 1863 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   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 in the year 1863.   

Mar 28   On this day in history james Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52