Events in year of 1862
- 01-01Battle of Ft McRee, Florida Battle of Port Royal, SC (Port Royal Ferry)
- 01-03Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson moves north from Winchester
- 01-04Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson occupies Bath
- 01-07Battle of Manassas Junction, Virginia
- 01-07Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson march towards Romney, West Virginia
- 01-10Battle of Big Sandy River, KY (Middle Creek)
- 01-10Battle of Romney, West Virginia
- 01-18Confederate Territory of Arizona forms
- 01-22Confederate government raises premium for volunteers from $10 to $20
- 01-23Agoston Haraszthy, 1st vintner in Sonoma Valley, imports 10,000
- 01-24Romania principality arises under King Alexander Cuza
- 01-26Lincoln issues General War Order #1, calling for a Union offensive McClellan ignores order
- 01-31Telescope maker Alvin Clark discovers dwarf companion of Sirius
- 02-01Julia Howe publishes "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
- 02-06Gen Ulysses S Grant captures Fort Henry in Tennessee
- 02-06Naval Engagement at Tenn River-USS Conestago vs. CSS Appleton Belle
- 02-06Ulysses S Grant begins military campaign in Mississippi
- 02-07Federal fleet attack on Roanoke Island, North Carolina
- 02-08Battle of Roanoke Island NC, Federals gain control of Pamlico Sound
- 02-08Opera "Lily of Killarney, " premieres in London
- 02-10Dutch 2nd government of Thorbecke forms
- 02-14Galena, 1st US iron-clad warship for service at sea, launched, Conn
- 02-16Ft Donelson captured by General Grant (1,400 confederates surrender)
- 02-21Confederate Constitution and presidency are declared permanent
- 02-21Texas Rangers win Confederate victory at Battle of Val Verde, New Mexico
- 02-25Congress forms US Bureau of Engraving & Printing
- 02-25Paper currency (greenbacks) introduced in US by President Abraham Lincoln
- 02-26Battle of Woodburn, Kentucky
- 02-28Opera "La Reine de Saba, " premieres in Paris
- 03-03Battle of New Madrid MO-captured by Union forces
People born in year of 1862
- 01-01Snitz Edwards: Hungary -- Actor (College, Phantom of the Opera)
- 01-08Frank Nelson Doubleday: Publisher / founder (Doubleday & Co)
- 01-17John E Akkeringa: Dutch painter / etcher
- 01-24Edith Wharton[-Jones]: United States -- Novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth)
- 01-29Frederick Delius: Bradford, England -- Composer (Hiawatha)
- 01-30Walter Johannes Damrosch: Composer
- 02-07Bernard Maybeck: US architect (Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco)
- 02-13Karel Weis: Composer
- 02-17Edward German [Jones]: Whitchurch, Shropshire -- British composer
- 02-22Karen Hulda Garborg[-Bergersen]: Norwegian playwright (Mot Solen / Eli)
- 03-02John Jay Chapman: US advocate / poet / writer (Learning & Other Essays)
- 03-04Robert Emden: Switzerland -- Geo / astro physics (Emden-polytroop)
- 03-08Joseph Lee: Helped develop playgrounds
- 03-12Jane Delano: United States -- Nurse / teacher / founder (Red Cross)
- 03-13Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov: Composer
- 03-14Vilhelm FK Bjerknes: Norwegian / US physicist / meteorology
- 03-26George William Louis Marshall-Hall: Composer
- 03-28Aristide Briand: France -- 11x Premier (1909-22) (Nobel 1926)
- 04-02Nicholas Murray Butler: United States -- Columbia University President / pacifist (Nobel 1931)
- 04-05Louis Ganne: Composer
- 04-11Charles Evans Hughs: 11th Chief Justice of Supreme Court (1930-41)
- 04-11William W Campbell: US astronomer / director Lick Observatory
- 04-14Pyotr A Stolypin: Premier Russia (1906-11)
- 04-25Edward Grey: English Viscount of Fallodon / Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 04-29Vittorio Mario Vanzo: Composer
- 05-02Marie F M Emmanuel: French composer / musicologist (Salamine)
- 05-05Max Elskamp: Belgian author / poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya)
- 05-15Arthur Schnitzler: Austria -- Playwright / Novelist (La Ronde)
- 05-18Freiherr Albert von Schrenk-Notzing: German para-psychologist
- 05-22August Cuppens: Flemish author / pastor
People died in year of 1862
- 01-05Joseph Frohlich: Composer, dies at 81
- 01-10Samuel Colt: Inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47
- 01-18John Tyler: 10th US President (1841-45), dies at 71 in Richmond, Virginia
- 01-20Felix Zollicoffer: General killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines
- 01-24James McIntosh: US confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle at about 33
- 02-03Jean-Baptiste Biot: French physicist / astronomer, dies at 87
- 02-07Frantisek Jan Skroup: Composer, dies at 61
- 02-21Justinus A C Kerner: German family doctor / Poet / writer, dies at 75
- 02-24Bernard S Ingemann: Danish Author (Holger Danske), dies at 72
- 03-02Frederick West Lander: US Union Brigadier General / poet, dies at 40
- 03-07Ben McCulloch: US Confederate Brigadier General (KIA), dies at 50
- 03-07John Baillie McIntosh: US General Major (Union Army), dies at 32
- 03-07William Slack: US Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle
- 03-08Adrien de La Fage: Composer, dies at 56
- 03-08Nat Gordon: Last pirate, hanged in NYC for stealing 1, 000 slaves
- 03-17Fromental Halevy [Elie Levy]: French opera composer, dies at 62
- 03-19F Wilhelm von Schadow: German Painter (Modern Vasari), dies at 73
- 03-23Karl Robert von Nesselrode: German chancellor, dies at 81
- 04-03James Clark Ross: Arctic explorer
- 04-04Harmen S Sytstra: Dutch Poet / editor (Iduna), dies at 45
- 04-06Adley Hogan Gladden: Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle at 51
- 04-06Albert Sidney Johnston: US Confederate General, dies in battle at 59
- 04-07Sydney Nelson: Composer, dies at 62
- 04-09George W Johnson: US planter / Confederate (gov-Ky), dies at about 50
- 04-10William Harvey Lamb Wallace: US lawyer / Brigadier General, dies at 40
- 04-19Louis Powell Harvey: US Governor of Wisconsin, drowns
- 04-19Simon Fraser: Canadian explorer
- 04-25Charles Ferguson Smith: US Union General Major, dies of infection at 55
- 05-06Henry David Thoreau: US writer / pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44
- 05-18William H Keim: US Union Brigadier General, dies in battle at 48
Events in year of 1863
- 01-011st homestead under the Homestead Act claimed, near Beatrice, Nebr
- 01-01Battle of Galveston, Texas-Confederates recapture the city
- 01-01Emancipation Proclamation (ending slavery) issued by Lincoln
- 01-01Franz Schuberts "Missa Solemnis, " premieres in Leipzig
- 01-044 wheeled roller skates patented by James Plimpton of New York
- 01-101st underground railway opens in London
- 01-10January-uprising begins in Poland
- 01-11Naval engagement near Galveston between CSS Alabama and USS Hatteras
- 01-11Union forces capture Arkansas Post or Ft Hindman, Arkansas
- 01-12President Davis delivers his "State of Confederacy" address
- 01-13Chenille manufacturing machine patented by William Canter, New York City
- 01-13Thomas Crapper pioneers one-piece pedestal flushing toilet
- 01-14Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teche, Louisiana
- 01-151st US newspaper printed on wood-pulp paper, Boston Morning Journal
- 01-17Civil War skirmish near Newtown, Virginia
- 01-19General Mieroslawski appointed Dictator of Poland
- 01-21City of Dublin leases part of Cattle Market for 100,000 years
- 01-25Battle of Kinston, North Carolina
- 01-25General Joseph Hooker replaces Burnside as head of Army of Potomac
- 01-2654th Regiment (Black) infantry forms
- 01-26War Department authorizes Mass Governor to recruit black troops
- 01-29Battle at Bear River, Washington: US army vs. Indians
- 01-311st black Civil War regiment, SC Volunteers, mustered into US army
- 02-02Samuel Clemens becomes Mark Twain for 1st time
- 02-09Fire extinguisher patented by Alanson Crane
- 02-101st US fire extinguisher patent granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia
- 02-10PT Barnum stages wedding of Tom Thumb and Mercy Lavinia Warren (NYC)
- 02-24Arizona Territory created
- 02-25Congress creates national banking system, comptroller of currency
- 02-26Lincoln signs National Currency Act
People born in year of 1863
- 01-01Aleko Konstantinov: Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back)
- 01-01Pierre de Coubertin: France -- Baron (revived Olympic games)
- 01-12Vivekananda: Calcutta, India -- Hindu religious leader / Reformer
- 01-14Pieter Oosterlee: Dutch educator
- 01-15Adolph Goldschmidt: German historian
- 01-15Wilhelm Marx: Premier (Prussia)
- 01-17David Lloyd George: (L-PM-Britain, 1916-22)
- 01-17Henry Charles Tonking: Composer
- 01-17Konstantin S Stanislavski: Russia -- Director (Stanislavski Method)
- 01-19Werner Sombart: German fascist (Juden und das Wirtschaftsleben)
- 01-31F Henri Berz: French existensialist philosopher (Revue the Synthesis)
- 02-05Armand Parent: Composer
- 02-07Mieczyslaw Soltys: Composer
- 02-09Anthony Hope [Hopkins]: London, England -- Novelist
- 02-19Emanuel Moor: Composer
- 02-23Franz von Stuck: German painter (Der Krieg)
- 03-11Wobbe de Vries: Dutch linguist
- 03-12Adolf A Wolfschoon: Poet
- 03-20Ernesto Nazareth: Composer
- 03-21Hugo Kaun: Composer
- 03-23Godfried CE van Daalen: Dutch General / Governor of Atjeh
- 04-02Henry C Van de Velde: Flemish painter / architect (Art Nouveau)
- 04-17Johannes P Boskaljon: Curacao composer / conductor
- 04-22Cornelis A J van Dishoeck: Dutch publisher
- 04-26Arno Holz: Writer
- 04-26Charles Haslewood Shannon: Lithographer / painter
- 05-05Frederik A Stoett: Linguist (Dutch Proverbs)
- 05-12Charles Bordes: Composer
- 05-28Georg Adler: German state economist
- 05-31Francis E Younghusband: British journalist / explorer
People died in year of 1863
- 01-02Roger Weightman Hanson: Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle at 35
- 01-09Ferdinand Huber: Composer, dies at 71
- 01-17E J Horace Vernet: French painter, dies at 73
- 03-17John Pelham: US Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24
- 03-21Edwin Vose Sumner: US Union General Major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66
- 03-28James Cooper: US attorney / senator / Union Brigadier General, dies at 52
- 04-08Joseph Netherclift: Composer, dies at 70
- 04-10Giovanni B Amia: Italian astronomer / physicist / botanist, dies at 77
- 04-15Jan Nepomuk Kanka: Composer, dies at 90
- 04-17Daniel Smith Donelson: Confederate General / Cousin of Andrew Jackson, dies at 61
- 05-01Edward Dorr Tracy: US Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle at 29
- 05-03Elisha Franklin "Bull" Paxton: US Confederate Brigadier General, dies at 35
- 05-07Amiel Weeks Whipple: US Union General Major, dies of injuries at 46
- 05-10Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson: Confederate General (Civil War)
- 05-14Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent: Composer, dies at 46
- 05-16Lloyd Tilghman: Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle at 47
- 05-27Edward Payson Chapin: Union Brigadier General, dies at 31
- 05-28Edmund Kirby, Jr.: Union Brigadier General, dies of injuries at 23
- 06-07Franz Xavier Gruber: Composer, dies at 75
- 06-09Benjamin Franklin "Grimes" Davis: Union major, dies in battle at 30
- 06-17Isham W Garrott: US attorney / Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle
- 06-26Andrew Hull Foote: US Union Lieutenant Admiral
- 06-27Martin E Green: Confederate Brigadier General, shot dead at 38
- 07-01John Fulton Reynolds: Union General Major, dies in battle at 42
- 07-02Stephen Hinsdale Weed: US Union Brigadier General, dies in battle at 28
- 07-03Alonzo Hersford Cushing: US Union lt, dies in battle at about 22
- 07-03Lewis Addison Armistead: Confederate Brigadier General Gettysburg / dies in battle at 46
- 07-03Little Crow [Ta-oya-te-duta]: Santee Sioux indian chief
- 07-03Richard Brooke Garnett: US Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle at 45
- 07-03Samuel Kosciuzko Zook: US Union General Major, dies in battle at 40
Events in year of 1864
- 01-11Charing Cross Station opens in London
- 01-14Battle of Cosby Creek, Tennessee
- 01-14General Sherman begins his march to the South
- 01-16Heavy fighting takes place near Dandridge, Tennessee
- 01-27Battle of Fair Gardens, Tennessee
- 01-28Battle of New Bern, North Carolina
- 02-012nd German-Danish war begins
- 02-01Austrian / Prussian troops occupy Sleeswijk / Holstein
- 02-0424th Amendment abolishes Poll tax
- 02-04Skirmish at Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi
- 02-05Federals occupy Jackson, Mississippi
- 02-07Federal troops occupy Jacksonville, Florida
- 02-13Miridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek andWyatt, Mississippi
- 02-15Fire in Rotterdam Netherlands damages Museum Boymans
- 02-16Battle of Mobile, AL - operations by Union Army
- 02-17Confederate sub "HL Hunley" sinks Union ship "Housatonic"
- 02-19Knights of Pythias form 1st lodge in Washington DC (12 members)
- 02-20Civil War battle of Olustee, Florida
- 02-211st US Catholic parish church for blacks dedicated, Baltimore
- 02-222nd / last day of Battle of Okolona, Mississippi
- 02-22Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta) Tennessee
- 02-276th and last day of battle at Dalton, Georgia (about 600 casualties)
- 02-27Near Andersonville GA, rebels open a new POW camp "Camp Sumpter"
- 03-01Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built)
- 03-01Rebecca Lee (US) becomes 1st black woman to receive a medical degree
- 03-051st track meet between Oxford and Cambridge
- 03-09Ulysses S Grant is appointed commander of Union Army
- 03-10Grant is named commander of the Union armies
- 03-10Red River campaign, Louisiana
- 03-14Union troops occupy Fort de Russy, Louisiana
People born in year of 1864
- 01-01Alfred Stieglitz: US photographer / art dealer (Camera Work)
- 01-06Ban Johnson: Norwalk, Connecticut -- Baseball founder (American League)
- 01-11Thomas Dixon: US attorney / playwright (Flaming Sword)
- 01-13Wilhelm K W Wien: German phyicist (Nobel 1911)
- 01-16Frank Bacon: Actor / author (Lightnin)
- 01-17Lucien Herr: France -- Scientist (Corresp entre Schiller et Schiller)
- 01-29Adolf Philipp: Composer
- 02-05Carl Tieke: Composer
- 02-06John Henry Mackay: Scottish / German author / poet (Anarchists)
- 02-07Arthur Collins: Singer / comedian (Peerless Quartet)
- 02-07Ricardo Castro Herrera: Composer
- 02-14Israel Zangwill: England, United Kingdom -- Jewish author / Zionist (Children of Ghetto)
- 02-14Robert E Park: United States -- Sociologist (human ecology, marginal man)
- 02-17Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson: NSW, Australia -- Poet (Waltzing Matilda)
- 02-19Aritius S Talma: Dutch Minister of Agriculture (Work Law of 1911)
- 02-22Jules Renard: France -- Writer (Poil de Carotte)
- 03-01Rebecca Lee: 1st black woman to get a medical degree
- 03-15Johan Halvorsen: Composer
- 03-15Leslie Stuart: Composer
- 03-18Karl M Lybeck: Finnish / Swedish language poet (Samlade Arbeten)
- 03-23Hjalmar Borgstrom: Composer
- 03-30Franz Oppenheimer: German sociologist / politician
- 04-01Marie Jungius: Dutch fairy tale writer
- 04-10Tully Marshall: Nevada City, California
- 04-18Richard Harding Davis: United States -- Journalist / author (In The Fig)
- 04-21Max Weber: German sociologist / economist / historian (Ancient Judaism)
- 04-22Phil May: Wortley Yorkshire, United Kingdom -- Cartoonist
- 04-24George AA Alting van Geusau: Director-General (PTT) / Dutch Minister of War (1918-20)
- 04-28William F A Ellison: Irish clergyman / director (Armagh Observatory)
- 04-30Frans Netscher: Dutch writer / journalist (Studies of nude model)
People died in year of 1864
- 01-04Mateo Ferrer: Composer, dies at 75
- 01-08Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen: Composer, dies at 83
- 01-13Stephen Foster: Composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies at 37 in New York
- 01-16Anton Schindler: German violinist / biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68
- 01-23Michele Puccini: Composer, dies at 50
- 01-24Otto Jonas Lindblad: Composer, dies at 54
- 01-24Stephen Gardner Champlin: Brigadier General (Union), dies at about 36
- 01-27Franz von Klenze: German Architect (palace Leuchtenberg), dies at 59
- 01-31Hamilton Rowan Gamble: US judge / Governor of Missouri (1861-64)
- 02-15William Dyce: Painter
- 02-16Vaclav Jindrich Veit: Composer, dies at 58
- 02-19William Edwin Baldwin: US Confederate Brigadier General
- 02-21Jeffery Forrest: US Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle
- 03-03Ulric Dahlgren: Union Colonel, dies in battle at 21
- 03-04Thomas Starr King: Unitarian clergyman (Christianity & Humanity)
- 03-10Maximilian II Jozef: King of Bayern (1848-64), dies at 52
- 03-17Alexandre Calamo: Swiss Painter / etcher / lithographer, dies at 53
- 03-30Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser: Composer, dies at 52
- 04-12Thomas Green: US Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle at 50
- 04-22Joseph Gilbert Totten: US Union General Major, dies at 76
- 05-02Giacomo Meyerbeer: Composer, dies at 72
- 05-05Alexander Hays: US Union General Major, dies in battle at 44
- 05-05John Marshall Jones: Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle at 43
- 05-05Leroy A Stafford: US Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle at 42
- 05-06Henry Livermore Abbott: US Union Brigadier General, dies in battle
- 05-06Micah Jenkins: Confederate Brigadier General (friendly fire), dies at 28
- 05-08James Samuel Wadsworth: General Major (Union), dies in battle at 56
- 05-09"Uncle" John Sedgwick: US Union General Major, dies in battle at 50
- 05-09Thomas Donnely Doubleday: US Union Col, dies in an accident
- 05-10James Clay Rice: Lawyer / Union Brigadier General, dies in battle at 34