Historical Events In 1863

Oct 15   Cliff House opens in SF (1st of many on site) on this day in history.   

Oct 15   In the year 1863 cliff House opens in SF (1st of many on the site)   

Oct 16   On this day in history austen Chamberlain, British Foreign Secretary (Nobel 1925)   

Oct 16   In the year 1863 grant is given command of Union forces in West   

Oct 18   Battle of Charlestown, WV in the year 1863.   

Oct 19   Battle of Buckland Mills, VA in the year 1863.   

Oct 19   On this day in history john Huston Finley, Ill, editor (NY Times (1937-38)   

Oct 21   Lambertus GC Ledeboer, Dutch old-reformed vicar, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

Oct 24   Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 26   Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer in the year 1863.   

Oct 26   Soccer rules standardized; rugby starts as a separate game in the year 1863.   

Oct 26   On this day in history worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva   

Oct 27   Dutch railway to Harlingen opens in the year 1863.   

Oct 28   Battle at Wauhatchie Georgia: 865 killed or injured in the year 1863.   

Oct 29   International Red Cross founded by Henri Dunant on this day in history.   

Oct 29   Intl Comm of Red Cross forms (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963) on this day in history.   

Oct 29   Intl Comm of the Red Cross founded (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963) in the year 1863.   

Oct 29   The International Red Cross is established on this day in history.   

Oct 31   Louis Ludwig Blenker, German/US brig-general (Union), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Oct 31   The Maori Wars resumed as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron began their Invasion of the Waikato on this day in history.   

Nov 01   -8] Averell's Raid (on)to Lewisburg, West Virginia on this day in history.   

Nov 01   Alfred Reisenauer, composer on this day in history.   

Nov 01   On this day in history fortifications built on Angel Island (San Francisco Bay) by troops   

Nov 03   Battle of Grand Coteau, GA in the year 1863.   

Nov 03   In the year 1863 eugene Samuel-Holeman, composer   

Nov 06   On this day in history battle of Rogersville TN   

Nov 07   In the year 1863 battle of Rappahannock Station & Kelly's Ford, VA   

Nov 08   On this day in history rené [Raphael] Viviani, French historian/social premier (1914-15)   

Nov 13   Carnot Posey, Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

Nov 14   On this day in history bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee   

Nov 14   Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakelite) on this day in history.   

Nov 14   Skirmish at Danville, Mississippi in the year 1863.   

Nov 15   On this day in history frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (childless), dies   

Nov 16   On this day in history battle of Campbell's Station TN, 492 casualities   

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Jan 01   Aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back) was born in the year 1863.   

Jan 01   Pierre de Coubertin, France, baron (revived Olympic games) was born in the year 1863.   

Jan 02   Lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17) was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1863.   

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of wilhelm Marx, premier (Prussia)   

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

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 in the year 1863.   

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   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   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 on this day in history.