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Born :11/15/1862Adolf Bartels, German artist/author
Born :10/06/1862Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, US, politician/author (Progressive)
Born :11/23/1862Alberto Williams, Buenos Aires Argentina, composer (Etrerno Reposo)
Born :06/05/1862Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish physician (Nobel 1911)
Born :09/02/1862Alphonse JM Diepenbrock, composer
Born :08/16/1862Amos Alonzo Stagg, football pioneer, inventor (tackling dummy)
Born :05/01/1862Anthony G Kr”ller, entrepreneur/govt advisor/husband of Helene Mller
Born :06/01/1862AntĒnio JdC FeijĒ, Portugese diplomat/poet (Bailatas)
Born :03/28/1862Aristide Briand, France, 11x premier (1909-22) (Nobel 1926)
Born :05/15/1862Arthur Schnitzler, Austria, playwright/novelist (La Ronde)
Born :10/19/1862Auguste Lumire, made 1st movie (Workers Leaving Lumire Factory)
Born :02/07/1862Bernard Maybeck, US architect (Palace of Fine Arts, SF)
Born :08/11/1862Carrie Jacobs Bond, Janesville Wisc, songwriter (I Love You Truly)
Born :04/11/1862Charles Evans Hughs, 11th Chief Justice of Supreme Court (1930-41)
Born :08/22/1862Claude Debussy, St Germain-en-Laye, composer (La Mer, Clair de lune)
Born :12/22/1862Connie Mack, HOF baseball executive/manager (Phila A's 1900-1950)
Born :02/22/1862Connie Mack, baseball manager (Pirates, Phila A's 1900-1950)
Born :01/23/1862David Hilbert, K”nigsberg East Prussia, mathematician
Born :11/04/1862Eden Phillpotts, England, novelist/poet/playwright (Red Madymaynes)
Born :01/24/1862Edith Wharton[-Jones], US, novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth)
Born :04/25/1862Edward Grey, English viscount of Fallodon/minister of Foreign affairs
Born :12/16/1862Eugne Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la robe)
Born :07/14/1862Florence Bascom, US, 1st American woman PhD
Born :01/08/1862Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co)
Born :01/29/1862Frederick Delius, Bradford England, composer
Born :05/18/1862Freiherr Albert von Schrenk-Notzing, German para-psychologist
Born :11/15/1862Gerhart Hauptmann, Germany, author (Before Dawn-Nobel 1912)
Born :07/14/1862Gustav Klimt, Austria, Art Nouveau painter
Born :12/23/1862Henri Pirenne, Belgian historian (History of Belgium)
Born :07/16/1862Ida B Wells, famous African
Born :03/12/1862Jane Delano, US, nurse/teacher, founded Red Cross
Born :11/01/1862Johan Wagenaar, composer/conductor/organist (wrecked)
Born :03/02/1862John Jay Chapman, US advocate/poet/writer (Learning & Other Essays)
Born :03/08/1862Joseph Lee, helped develop playgrounds
Born :12/03/1862Jules Renkin, Belgian jurist/minister/premier (1931-32)
Born :09/27/1862Louis Botha, South African Boer leader
Born :09/25/1862L‚on Bo‰llmann, French organist/composer (Variations Symphoniques)
Born :05/01/1862Marcel Pr‚vost, French publisher/writer (Les demis-vierges)
Born :11/26/1862Mark A Stein, archaeologist
Born :06/27/1862May Irwin, US comedienne/singer (Hot Time in the Old Town)
Born :08/01/1862Montague Rhodes James, scholar/author/editor
Born :07/18/1862Napoleon V Bonaparte, French pretender to throne
Born :04/02/1862Nicholas Murray Butler, US, Columbia U pres, pacifist (Nobel 1931)
Born :07/18/1862Nikolaj N Joedenitsj, Russian general/counter-revolutionary
Born :09/11/1862O Henry, [William Sydney Porter], short story writer
Born :04/14/1862Pyotr A Stolypin, premier Russia (1906-11)
Born :11/23/1862Theo Van Rysselberghe, Belgian painter (pointillisme)
Born :11/20/1862Willem H Fly, typographer/co-founder/chairman (SDAP)
Born :05/23/1862William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player who lived to 99




Died :12/26/186238 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato
Died :09/10/1862Carlos A LĒpez, president of Paraguay (1844-62), dies at 71
Died :01/20/1862Felix Zollicoffer, Gen killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines
Died :05/06/1862Henry David Thoreau, US writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44
Died :10/18/1862James Creighton, dies of rupture bladder hitting HR on Oct 14th
Died :01/18/1862John Tyler, 10th US pres (1841-45), dies in Richmond Va at 71
Died :07/24/1862Martin Van Buren, 8th pres (1837-41), dies in Kinderhook NY at 80
Died :09/01/1862Oliver Tilden, of the Bronx, killed in Civil War in Virginia
Died :02/07/1862Prosper M‚nire, French doctor (M‚nire Syndrome), dies at 62
Died :04/19/1862Simon Fraser, Canadian explorer, dies
Died :06/06/1862Turner Ashby, General, killed near Harrisonburg VA
Died :06/07/1862William Mumford, 1st US citizen hanged for treason
Interest:02/28/1862[RC] Commemoration of St Gabriel Possenti (leap years)
Interest:02/27/1862[RC] Commemoration of St Gabriel Possenti [Non leap years]




Special :03/09/1862"Monitor" (Union) & "Merrimack" (Rebel) battle in Hampton Roads
Special :12/20/1862-Dec 20th) Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA
Special :12/26/1862-Dec 28th) Battle of Dumfries, VA
Special :02/13/1862-Feb 16th) Seige of Ft Donelson TN
Special :01/04/1862-Jan 17th) Battle of Ft Hindman, AK (Arkansas Post)
Special :12/31/1862-Jan 20th) Battle of Stone's River, TN (Stone River, Monfreesboro)
Special :01/17/1862-Jan 22nd) BBT Ft Henry, TN by USS Lexington
Special :12/22/1862-Jan 2nd) Raid on Morgan's: Bardstown to Elizabethtown, KY
Special :12/20/1862-Jan 3rd) Vicksburg campaign
Special :10/03/1862-Oct 4th) Battle of Corinth, Miss
Special :04/29/1862100,000 federal troops prepare to march into Corinth, Miss
Special :12/26/18621st US navy hospital ship enters service
Special :03/10/18621st paper money issued by US gov't-$5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000
Special :08/30/18622nd Battle of Bull Run
Special :08/29/18622nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) begins
Special :12/25/186240,000 watch Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, SC
Special :04/25/1862Admiral Farragut occupies New Orleans, La
Special :05/14/1862Adolphe Nicole of Switzerland patents chronograph
Special :01/23/1862Agoston Haraszthy, 1st vintner in Sonoma Valley, imports 10,000
Special :11/05/1862Ambrose Burnside replaces McClellen as head of Army of Potomac
Special :10/14/1862Baseballer James Creighton ruptures bladder hitting HR, dies 10/18
Special :08/30/1862Battle of 2nd Manassas-Pope defeated by Lee-Battle of Richmond, KY
Special :08/30/1862Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee
Special :08/29/1862Battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels
Special :08/05/1862Battle of Baton Rouge, LA
Special :06/26/1862Battle of Beaver Dam Creek-Union repulse Confederacy in Virginia
Special :10/05/1862Battle of Big Hatchie River, MS
Special :01/10/1862Battle of Big Sandy River, KY (Middle Creek)
Special :05/30/1862Battle of Booneville MS - captured Gen Beauregard evacuates Corinth
Special :08/29/1862Battle of Bull Run, VA (Manassas, Gainesville, Bristoe Station)
Special :08/22/1862Battle of Catlett's Station VA
Special :08/09/1862Battle of Cedar Mountain VA (Slaughter Mountain, Southwest Mountain)
Special :12/29/1862Battle of Chichasaw Bayou: confederate armies defeat Gen Sherman
Special :12/27/1862Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs, MS (Chickasaw Bayou)
Special :12/05/1862Battle of Coffeeville, MS
Special :10/04/1862Battle of Corinth ends
Special :08/27/1862Battle of Cub Run, VA
Special :09/17/1862Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN-evacuted by Federals
Special :05/15/1862Battle of Drewry's Bluff (Ft Darling), Virginia
Special :12/12/1862Battle of Dumfries, VA
Special :12/27/1862Battle of Elizabethtown, KY
Special :03/08/1862Battle of Elkhorn Tavern ends with Confederate withdrawal
Special :03/07/1862Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, Day 2, Gens McCulloch & McIntosh killed
Special :05/09/1862Battle of Farmington, MS
Special :12/13/1862Battle of Fredericksburg, VA (Marye's Heights)
Special :05/30/1862Battle of Front Royal, VA
Special :04/18/1862Battle of Ft Jackson, Ft St Philip & New Orlean's, LA
Special :05/09/1862Battle of Ft Pickens, FL (Pensacola), evacuated by CS
Special :04/14/1862Battle of Ft Pillow TN
Special :06/27/1862Battle of Gaines' Mill, VA (Cold Harbor, Chickahominy Bluffs) Day 3
Special :05/27/1862Battle of Hanover Court House, VA (Slash Church, Peake's Station)
Special :09/12/1862Battle of Harpers Ferry VA
Special :12/07/1862Battle of Hartsville, TN
Special :01/04/1862Battle of Helena, AK
Special :12/20/1862Battle of Holly Spring, MS
Special :11/28/1862Battle of Hooly Spring, MS
Special :03/23/1862Battle of Kernstown VA-Jackson begins his Valley Campaign
Special :03/26/1862Battle of La Glorieta Pass, NM Terr (Apache Canyon, Pigeon's Ranch)
Special :10/17/1862Battle of Leetown & Thoroughfare Gap, VA
Special :09/19/1862Battle of Luka, Miss
Special :07/01/1862Battle of Malvern Hill, VA (Harrison's Landing, Crew's Farm)
Special :01/07/1862Battle of Manassas Junction, VA
Special :06/06/1862Battle of Memphis-city is surrendered
Special :01/19/1862Battle of Mill Springs, KY (Fishing Creek, Logan's Crossroads)
Special :09/17/1862Battle of Mumfordville, KY-US Col J Wilder surrenders city
Special :09/14/1862Battle of Munfordsville KY
Special :07/13/1862Battle of Murfreesboro, TN (Forrest's Raid) US895 CS150
Special :12/31/1862Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Special :03/14/1862Battle of New Bern, NC
Special :03/03/1862Battle of New Madrid, MO-captured by Union forces
Special :04/25/1862Battle of New Orleans LA - captured by US Admiral Farragut
Special :07/18/1862Battle of Newburgh, IN - captured by Union forces
Special :09/30/1862Battle of Newtonia, MS
Special :08/10/1862Battle of Nueces River TX
Special :03/06/1862Battle of Pea Ridge, AR (Elkhorn Tavern)
Special :10/08/1862Battle of Perryville, KY-Confederate invasion halted
Special :05/10/1862Battle of Plum Run Bend, TN (Plum Point Bend)
Special :06/09/1862Battle of Port Republic, last of 5 battles in Jacksons Valley camp
Special :06/06/1862Battle of Port Royal, SC (Port Royal Ferry)
Special :12/07/1862Battle of Prairie Grove, AR
Special :05/15/1862Battle of Princeton, WV
Special :08/30/1862Battle of Richmond, KY
Special :02/08/1862Battle of Roanoke Island, Federals gain control of Pamlico Sound
Special :01/10/1862Battle of Romney, WV
Special :05/31/1862Battle of Seven Pines VA (Fair Oaks)
Special :09/17/1862Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of Civil War, 23,110 die
Special :04/06/1862Battle of Shiloh, Union defeats Confederacy in SW Tennessee
Special :02/21/1862Battle of Valverde, NM Terr - CS victory
Special :05/07/1862Battle of West Point, VA (Eltham's Landing, Barnhamsville)
Special :05/25/1862Battle of Winchester VA
Special :02/26/1862Battle of Woodburn, KY
Special :04/04/1862Battle of Yorktown begins
Special :10/13/1862Bismarck's "Blood & Iron" speech
Special :09/22/1862C H F Peters discovers asteroid #75 Eurydike
Special :11/12/1862C H F Peters discovers asteroid #77 Frigga
Special :07/15/1862CSS Arkansas vs USS Cardondelet & Queen of the West engage at Yazoo R
Special :03/31/1862Civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River
Special :08/06/1862Confederate Army ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack
Special :09/24/1862Confederate Congress adopts confederacy seal
Special :11/17/1862Confederate Sec of War George B Randolph resigns
Special :01/18/1862Confederate Territory of Arizona is formed
Special :11/20/1862Confederate army of Tennessee, organizes under Gen Braxton Bragg
Special :07/28/1862Confederate forces defeated at More's Hill, Mo
Special :03/08/1862Confederate ironclad Merrimack launched
Special :09/15/1862Confederates conquer Union-weapon arsenal at Harpers Ferry WV
Special :06/04/1862Confederates evacuate Ft Pillow, Tenn
Special :05/11/1862Confederates scuttle CSS Virginia off Norfolk, VA
Special :07/12/1862Congress authorizes Medal of Honor
Special :02/25/1862Congress establishes US Bureau of Engraving & Printing
Special :04/21/1862Congress establishes US Mint in Denver, Co
Special :07/01/1862Congress outlaws polygamy (1st time); bad news for Utah
Special :07/16/1862David G Farragut became 1st rear admiral in US Navy
Special :06/26/1862Day 2 of 7 Days-Battle of Mechanicsville VA (Meadow Bridge)
Special :06/28/1862Day 4 of 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station/Garnett's Farm, VA
Special :06/29/1862Day 5 of 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station Va
Special :06/30/1862Day 6 of 7 Days-Battle of White Oak Swamp VA (Frayser's Farm)
Special :05/15/1862Department of Agriculture created
Special :11/03/1862Dr Richard Gatling patents machine gun in Indianapolis
Special :08/29/1862E W Tempel discovers asteroid #74 Galatea
Special :07/19/1862Forrest's 1st raid
Special :05/05/1862French army intervenes in Puebla, Mexico: Cinco de Mayo
Special :02/16/1862Ft Donelson captured by Gen Grant (1,400 confederates surrender)
Special :07/09/1862GEN John Hunt Morgan captures Tompkinsville, Kentuckty
Special :02/14/1862Galena, 1st US iron-clad warship for service at sea, launched, Conn
Special :09/16/1862Gen Bragg's army surrounds 4,000 federals at Munfordville, KY
Special :06/15/1862Gen JEB Stuart completes his "ride around McClellan"
Special :08/12/1862Gen John Hunt Morgan & his raiders capture Gallatin, TX
Special :03/15/1862Gen John Hunt Morgan begins 4 days of raids near Gallatin, TN
Special :07/09/1862Gen John Hunt Morgan captures Tompkinsville, Ky
Special :06/01/1862Gen Lee assumes command after Joe Johnston is injured at 7 Pines
Special :06/02/1862Gen Robert E Lee takes command of Confederate armies of E VA & NC
Special :12/17/1862Gen US Grant issues order #11, expelling Jews from Tennessee
Special :02/06/1862General Grant initiates a campaign in Mississippi Valley
Special :04/07/1862Grant defeats Confederates at Battle of Shiloh, Tenn
Special :02/15/1862Grant's major assault on Ft Donelson, Tennessee
Special :06/30/1862Gustave Flaubert completes "Salammbo"
Special :10/21/1862H D'Arrest discovers asteroid #76 Freia
Special :04/07/1862H P Tuttle discovers asteroid #73 Klytia
Special :05/19/1862Homestead Act becomes law provides cheap land for settlement of West
Special :05/20/1862Homestead Act provides cheap land for settlement of West
Special :07/27/1862Hurricane hits Canton; about 40,000 die
Special :04/07/1862Island #10 falls after long siege, Battle of Shiloh
Special :10/12/1862JEB Stuart completes his "2nd ride around McClellan"
Special :04/12/1862James Andrews steals Confederate train (General) at Kennesaw, GA
Special :02/01/1862Julia Howe publishes "Battle Hymn of Republic"
Special :12/16/1862Kingdom of Nepal accepts its constitution
Special :07/07/1862Land Grant Act endows state colleges with federal land
Special :09/05/1862Lee crosses Potomac & enters Maryland
Special :09/09/1862Lee splits his army & sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry
Special :07/11/1862Lincoln appoints General Halleck general-in-chief
Special :08/14/1862Lincoln receives 1st group of blacks to confer with US president
Special :07/02/1862Lincoln signs act granting land for state agricultural colleges
Special :09/23/1862Lincoln's Emancipation is published in Northern Newspapers
Special :11/24/1862M L‚vy publishes Gustave Flauberts "Salammbo"
Special :10/12/1862Maj Gen Earl Van Dorn assumes command of Conf troops in Missisippi
Special :10/18/1862Morgan's raiders capture federal garrison at Lexington, KY
Special :11/06/1862NY-SF direct telegraphic link established
Special :02/06/1862Naval Engagement at Tenn River-USS Conestago vs CSS Appleton Belle
Special :12/12/1862Naval Engagement at Yazoo River, MS (USS CAIRO torpedoed)
Special :04/29/1862New Orleans fell to Union forces during Civil War
Special :09/04/1862North Beach & Mission Railway Company organized in SF
Special :11/11/1862Opera "La Forza Del Destino" is produced (St Petersburg Russia)
Special :02/08/1862Opera "Lily of Killarney" is produced (London)
Special :05/05/1862Peninsular Campaign-Battle of Williamsburg, VA
Special :04/16/1862Pres Davis approves conscription act for white males between 18-35
Special :12/06/1862Pres Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux indians
Special :12/31/1862Pres Lincoln signs act admitting West Virginia to Union
Special :09/22/1862President Lincoln, says he will free slaves in all states on Jan 1
Special :06/02/1862Raid at Early's: Maryland towards Washington DC
Special :04/11/1862Rebels surrender Ft Pulaski, Georgia-Rebels surrender
Special :01/07/1862Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson march towards Romney, WV
Special :01/03/1862Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson moves north from Winchester
Special :01/04/1862Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson occupies Bath
Special :07/06/1862S Devall's Bluff, AR
Special :03/22/1862San Marino & Italy conclude treaty of friendship & cooperation
Special :08/22/1862Santee Sioux indian attack Fort Ridgely
Special :08/25/1862Secretary of War authorizes Gen Rufus Saxton to arm 5,000 slaves
Special :04/05/1862Seige of Yorktown VA
Special :09/01/1862Severe action at Chantilly, Virginia
Special :04/01/1862Shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA
Special :06/06/1862Skirmish at Harrisonburg, PA
Special :09/14/1862Skirmish at Mountain MD (Boonesboro, Crampton's Gap, Fox's Gap)
Special :04/16/1862Slavery abolished in District of Columbia
Special :06/01/1862Slavery abolished in all US possessions
Special :06/19/1862Slavery outlawed in US territories
Special :07/27/1862Steamer "Golden Gate" burns & sinks off west coast of Mexico
Special :09/06/1862Stonewall Jackson occupies Fredrick, Maryland
Special :09/15/1862Stonewall Jackson takes Harpers Ferry
Special :04/30/1862Swift Run Gap, WV skirmishes
Special :01/31/1862Telescope maker Alvin Clark discovers dwarf companion of Sirius
Special :02/21/1862Texas Rangers win Confederate victory at Battle of Val Verde, NM
Special :02/28/1862The opera "La Reine de Saba" is produced (Paris)
Special :11/09/1862US Grant issues orders to bar Jews from serving under him
Special :05/09/1862US Naval Academy relocated from Annapolis MD to Newport, RI
Special :01/30/1862US Navy's 1st ironclad warship (Monitor) launched
Special :04/04/1862US begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond
Special :07/10/1862US begins construction of Central Pacific Railroad
Special :03/10/1862US issues $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 & $1000 paper money
Special :05/15/1862Union Grounds, Brooklyn, 1st baseball enclosure, opens
Special :05/01/1862Union captain David Farragut conquers New Orleans
Special :12/31/1862Union ironclad ship "Monitor" sank at Cape Hatteras, NC
Special :06/08/1862Valley Campaign-Battle of Cross Keys, Virginia
Special :05/23/1862Valley Campaign-Stonewall Jackson takes Ft Royal, Virginia
Special :05/08/1862Valley Campaign: Federals repulsed at Battle of McDowell Va
Special :05/24/1862Westminster Bridge across Thames opens

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