Page 3: Historical Events In 1863

Feb 23   Franz von Stuck, German painter (Der Krieg) in the year 1863.   

Feb 24   On this day in history arizona is organized as a U.S. territory.   

Feb 24   Arizona Territory created in the year 1863.   

Feb 24   On this day in history 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 in the year 1863.   

Feb 28   In the year 1863 confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister GA   

Feb 28   On this day in history confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister Georgia   

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

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

Mar 03   1st US wartime military conscription bill enacted on this day in history.   

Mar 03   In the year 1863 abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences   

Mar 03   On this day in history congress authorizes a US mint at Carson City NV   

Mar 03   In the year 1863 federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia   

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

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

Mar 03   On this day in history 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   Battle of Thompson's Station, TN on this day in history.   

Mar 04   Territory of Idaho established on this day in history.   

Mar 11   In the year 1863 andrew Stoddart, cricketer (My Dear Victorious Stod)   

Mar 11   Free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service on this day in history.   

Mar 12   Adolf A Wolfschoon, Curacao, poet in the year 1863.   

Mar 14   RADM Farragut's squadron of 7 ships forces way up Mississippi River to support Union troops at Vicksburg and Baton Rouge in the year 1863.   

Mar 17   Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA (211 casualities) in the year 1863.   

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

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

Mar 19   On this day in history 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.   

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

Mar 20   Battle of Pensacola FL -evacuated by Federals on this day in history.   

Mar 20   Battle of Pensacola FL: evacuated by Federals in the year 1863.   

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

Mar 21   In the year 1863 edwin Vose Sumner, US Union-general-major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66   

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

Jan 01   On this day in history 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   Vivekananda, Calcutta, Hindu religious leader/reformer was born in the year 1863.   

Jan 14   In the year 1863 birth of pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator   

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

Jan 02   In the year 1863 roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35   

Jan 09   In the year 1863 ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71   

Jan 10   On this day in history death of lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775)   

Jan 17   On this day in history e J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies at 73   

Mar 11   In the year 1863 death of sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (b. 1803)   

Mar 17   John Pelham, US Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24 on this day in history.   

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