Page 4: Historical Events In 1863

Mar 21   On this day in history hugo Kaun, composer   

Mar 21   Naval Engagement at Havana Cuba-USS Henrick Hudson vs BR Wild Pigeon in the year 1863.   

Mar 23   Godfried CE van Daalen, Dutch general/governor of Atjeh in the year 1863.   

Mar 24   On this day in history bushrangers Charles Robardi and Auguste Rivet stand trial at Goulburn, NSW, for murdering mail carrier Daniel Crotty. (   

Mar 25   1st Army Medal of Honor awarded in the year 1863.   

Mar 25   Skirmish at Brentwood TN on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1863.   

Mar 27   In the year 1863 henry Royce, automobile founder (Rolls-Royce)   

Mar 27   On this day in history president Davis calls for this to be a day of fasting & prayer   

Mar 27   The birth of Sir Henry Royce, The motor car designer of Rolls Royce fame in the year 1863.   

Mar 28   James Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

Mar 30   Danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg chosen as king George of Greece in the year 1863.   

Mar 30   Danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Sleeswÿk-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg chosen as king George of Greece in the year 1863.   

Mar 31   Battle of Grand Gulf MS & Dinwiddie Court House VA in the year 1863.   

Apr 01   In the year 1863 1st wartime conscription law in US goes into effect   

Apr 01   Wartime conscription law in US goes into effect in the year 1863.   

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

Apr 02   On this day in history henry C Van de Velde, Flemish painter/architect (Art Nouveau)   

Apr 07   On this day in history 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   In the year 1863 giovanni B Amia, Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist, dies at 77   

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

Apr 11   In the year 1863 battle of Suffolk, VA (Norfleet House)   

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

Apr 12   Raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding School) on this day in history.   

Apr 13   On this day in history battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland)   

Apr 14   On this day in history william Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press   

Apr 15   In the year 1863 jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90   

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   Johannes P Boskaljon, Curacao composer/conductor in the year 1863.   

Apr 17   In the year 1863 r Grierson's: La Grange, TN to Baton Rouge, LA   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back)   

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

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   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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 10   Lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775) died on this day in history.   

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

Mar 11   Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (b. 1803) died on this day in history.   

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

Mar 21   On this day in history 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