56 events found for 1863
Matica slovenská, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak…
American Civil War: Following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of…
Tennessee Military Governor Andrew Johnson frees his personal slaves in Greeneville, Tennessee despite them being…
The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date:…
The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had…
American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter.
Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by pro-Confederate guerrillas known as Quantrill's Raiders.
The Swedish-language liberal newspaper Helsingfors Dagblad proposed the current blue-and-white cross flag as the flag…
American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore capture Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a seven-week siege.
American Civil War: In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by…
American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga begins between Confederate and Union forces. It involves the second…
American Civil War: The first day of the Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle…
American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, ends in a Confederate victory.