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1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar).
Events
January-March
January 1 - Britain annexes Lagos island in modern-day Nigeria January 10 - End of term for John Gately Downey , 7th Governor of California . He is succeeded by Amasa Leland Stanford .January 30 - The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor February 1 - Julia Ward Howe 's "Battle Hymn of the Republic " is published for the first time (Atlantic Monthly February 6 - American Civil War : Ulysses S. Grant gives the United States its first victory of the war, by capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee , known as the Battle of Fort Henry .February 15 - American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant attacks Fort Donelson , Tennessee and captures it the next day.February 22 - American Civil War: Jefferson Davis officially inaugurated in Richmond, Virginia , to a six-year term as president of the Confederate States of America .March 8 - American Civil War: The iron-clad CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack ) is launched at Hampton Roads , Virginia .March 9 - American Civil War: First battle between two ironclad warships USS Monitor v CSS Virginia March 13 American Civil War: The US federal government forbids all Union army officers from returning fugitive slaves, thus effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.March 28 - American Civil War: Battle of Glorieta Pass - In New Mexico Union forces succeed in stopping the Confederate invasion of New Mexico territory . The battle began on March 26 .
April-May
June-July
August
August 2 - American Civil War: Skirmish at Taberville, MO -Union forces force Confederate troops to march south, near Taberville, MissouriAugust 5 - American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge - Along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana , Confederate troops drive Union forces back into the city.August 6 - American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering damage in a battle with the USS Essex near Baton Rouge, Louisiana .August 9 - American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain - At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope .August 17 - Indian Wars : Lakota (Sioux) uprising begins in Minnesota as desperate Lakota attack white settlements along the Minnesota River . They will be overwhelmed by the US military six weeks later.August 19 - Indian Wars: During an uprising in Minnesota , Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily-defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm , killing white settlers along the way.August 21 - The Vienna Stadtpark opens its gates.August 28 a href="August_30.html" title="August 30">August 30 - American Civil War : Second Battle of Bull Run
September-October
September 1 - American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly - Confederate General Robert E. Lee leads his forces in an attack on retreating Union troops in Chantilly, Virginia , driving them away.September 2 - American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George McClellan to full command after General John Pope 's disastrous defeat at the Battle of Second Bull Run .September 5 - American Civil War : In the Confederacy 's first invasion of the North, General Robert E. Lee leads 55,000 men of the Army of Northern Virginia across the Potomac River at White's Ford near Leesburg, Virginia into Maryland .September 17 - Union forces defeat Confederate troops at the Battle of Antietam, in the bloodiest day in the American Civil War (with over 20,000 casualties).September 22 - Otto von Bismarck becomes prime minister of Prussia .September 22 – Emancipation Proclamation September 29 - Bismarck's "Blood and Iron" speechOctober 8 - American Civil War : Battle of Perryville - Union forces under General Don Carlos Buell halt the Confederate invasion of Kentucky by defeating troops led by General Braxton Bragg at Perryville, Kentucky .October 11 - American Civil War : In the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam , Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart and his men loot Chambersburg, Pennsylvania , during a raid into the north.October 25 - In New Granada , rebels troops of southern states defeat the government troops
November-December
Undated
Ongoing Events
Births
January 15 - Loie Fuller , American dancer (d. 1928 )January 24 - h Wharton , American writer (d. 1937 )January 29 - Frederick Delius , English composer (d. 1934 )February 4 - George Ernest Morrison , Australian adventurer and journalist (d. 1920 )March 8 - George Frederick Phillips , Canadian-born military hero (d. 1904 )March 12 - Jane Delano , American founder of the American Red Cross Nursing Service (d. 1919 )March 17 - Silvio Gesell , economist (d. 1930 )March 28 - Aristide Briand , French politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1932 )April 2 - Nicholas M. Butler , American president of Columbia University, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1947 )April 26 - Edmund Charles Tarbell , American artist (d. 1938 )May 15 - Arthur Schnitzler , Austrian dramatist and narrator (d. 1931 )June 7 - Philipp Lenard , Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947 )June 21 - Damrong Rajanubhab , Thai prince and historian (d. 1943 )June 27 - May Irwin , Canadian actress and singer (d. 1938 )July 2 - William Henry Bragg , English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1942 )July 14 - Gustav Klimt , Austrian artist (d. 1918 )August 21 - Emilio Salgari , Italian writer (d. 1911 )August 22 - Claude Debussy , French composer (d. 1918 )August 29 - Andrew Fisher , fifth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928 )August 29 - Maurice Maeterlinck , Belgian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949 )
September 11 - O. Henry , American writer (d. 1910 )September 25 - Billy Hughes , seventh Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1952 )October 3 - Johnny Briggs , English cricketer (d. 1902 )October 19 - Auguste Lumière , French inventor (d. 1954 )November 14 - George Washington Vanderbilt , American businessman (d. 1914 )November 15 - Gerhart Hauptmann , German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1946 )November 16 - Charles Turner , Australian cricketer (d. 1944 )December 8 - Georges Feydeau , French playwright (d. 1921 )
Deaths
January 10 - Samuel Colt , American firearms inventor (b. 1814 )January 18 - John Tyler , 10th President of the United States (b. 1790 )February 7 - Prosper Meniere , French scientist (b. 1799 )April 10 - W.H.L. Wallace , American Civil War general (b. 1821 )May 6 - Henry David Thoreau , American author and philosopher (b. 1817 )July 24 - Martin Van Buren , eighth President of the United States (b. 1782 )August 10 - Shusaku Honinbo , Japanese Go player (b. 1829 )November 13 - Ludwig Uhland , German poet (b. 1787 )December 18 - Barbara Fritchie , U.S. patriot in Civil War (b. 1766 )December 31 - Freeman Towns , American Entrepreneur (b. 1800 )John Bird Sumner , Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1780 )
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