1863 Calendar
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1863 Historical Event(s)
January 1, 1863
– American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory.
January 11, 1863
– American Civil War: ship CSS encountered and sank the USS Hatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
March 19, 1863
– The SS Georgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000.
April 16, 1863
– American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg – ships led by Union Admiral David Dixon Porter move through heavy Confederate artillery fire on approach to Vicksburg, Mississippi.
April 21, 1863
– Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, declares his mission as “He whom God shall make manifest”.
May 21, 1863
– American Civil War: The Union Army succeeds in closing off the last escape route from Port Hudson, Louisiana, in preparation for the coming siege.
July 4, 1863
– The Army of Northern Virginia withdraws from the battlefield after its loss at the Battle of Gettysburg, signalling an end to the Southern invasion of the North.
August 4, 1863
– Matica slovenská, Slovakia’s public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.
August 8, 1863
– American Civil War: following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).
October 15, 1863
– American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks during a test, killing its inventor, Horace L. Hunley.
Who Were Born On 1863?
January 14, 1863
– Manuel Gomes da Costa, 96th Prime Minister of Portugal and 10th President of Portugal (d. 1929)
March 4, 1863
– Reginald Innes Pocock, British zoologist (d. 1947)
March 14, 1863
– Casey Jones, American railroad engineer (d. 1900)
March 21, 1863
– George Owen Squier, American inventor (d. 1934)
April 18, 1863
– Leopold Graf Berchtold, Austro-Hungarian foreign minister (d. 1942)
May 26, 1863
– Robert James “Bob” Fitzsimmons, Boxing champion (d. 1917)
May 31, 1863
– Francis Younghusband, British explorer (d. 1942)
June 13, 1863
– Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer (d. 1935)
June 21, 1863
– Max Wolf, German astronomer (d. 1932)
August 14, 1863
– Ernest Thayer, American poet (d. 1940)