Page 4: Historical Events In 1863

Mar 21   In the year 1863 hugo Kaun, composer   

Mar 21   On this day in history 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. ( on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves   

Mar 27   On this day in history 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   On this day in history the birth of Sir Henry Royce, The motor car designer of Rolls Royce fame   

Mar 28   In the year 1863 james Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52   

Mar 30   In the year 1863 danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg chosen as king George of Greece   

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

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

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

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

Apr 02   Bread revolt in Richmond Virginia in the year 1863.   

Apr 02   Henry C Van de Velde, Flemish painter/architect (Art Nouveau) on this day in history.   

Apr 07   Battle of Charleston SC, failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter on this day in history.   

Apr 08   In the year 1863 joseph Netherclift, composer, dies at 70   

Apr 08   Wartime conscription law in US goes into effect on this day in history.   

Apr 10   Giovanni B Amia, Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Apr 10   In the year 1863 rebel Gen Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin, Tenn   

Apr 11   Battle of Suffolk, VA (Norfleet House) in the year 1863.   

Apr 12   -14] Gunboat battle at Bayou Teche Louisiana in the year 1863.   

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

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

Apr 14   William Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press on this day in history.   

Apr 15   Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

Apr 16   Union gunboats pass Confederate batteries at Vicksburg on this day in history.   

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

Apr 17   On this day in history johannes P Boskaljon, Curacao composer/conductor   

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

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 12   In the year 1863 birth of vivekananda, Calcutta, Hindu religious leader/reformer   

Jan 14   Pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator was born in the year 1863.   

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of adolph Goldschmidt, German historian   

Jan 15   In the year 1863 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   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   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 in the year 1863.   

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

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