Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1863. 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...

occupation of part of Poland and regaining independence. It began on 22 January 1863 and continued until the last insurgents were captured by the Russian forces...

legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1862 and 1863, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative...

Events from the year 1863 in Canada. Monarch — Victoria Parliament — 7th then 8th Governor General of the Province of Canada — Charles Monck, 4th Viscount...

were known as the "Stars and Bars", used from 1861 to 1863; the "Stainless Banner", used from 1863 to 1865; and the "Blood-Stained Banner", used in 1865...

1863 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. National championship National Association of Base Ball Players champion – Brooklyn Eckfords...

Barnes". Bell's Life in London: 7. 19 December 1863. "Barnes v. Richmond". Field: 7. 26 December 1863. "Students of the Rev. Mr Inchbold and the Rev....

executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War. The Proclamation had the effect of changing...

Model 1863 was a .58 caliber rifled musket manufactured by the Springfield Armory and independent contractors between 1863 and 1865. The Model 1863 was...

article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1863. January 1 – The essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson commemorates today's...

name assigned to a screw sloop-of-war begun by the New York Navy Yard in 1863 but never completed; hulk was broken up in 1884 This article includes a list...

Peter (fl. 1863) (also known as Gordon, or "Whipped Peter", or "Poor Peter") was an escaped American slave who was the subject of photographs documenting...

general election was in the spring of 1841, while the eighth and last was in 1863. While party lines were somewhat blurred, there were political parties. There...

permanently established professorship at the University of Cambridge, founded in 1863, and assigned to the Faculty of Economics. The professorship was established...

Events from the year 1863 in art. March – American-born painter James McNeill Whistler settles close to the River Thames in Chelsea, London, where he will...

In 1863, Polish General Teofil Lapinski led a failed naval expedition to deliver munitions from England to the insurgents of the January Uprising in the...

Samuel Houston (/ˈhjuːstən/ , HEW-stən; March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was an American general and statesman who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution...

Princess Mathilde of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony (19 March 1863 – 27 March 1933) was the third child and third-eldest daughter of George of Saxony and his...

George I of the House of Glücksburg to the throne of the Kingdom of Greece in 1863. Individuals holding the title of prince will usually also be styled "His...

suffrage. The Second National Assembly of the Hellenes took place in Athens (1863–1864) and dealt both with the election of a new sovereign as well as with...

The New York City draft riots (July 13–16, 1863), sometimes referred to as the Manhattan draft riots and known at the time as Draft Week, were violent...

Nelson. Thereafter he was the fourth Premier of New Zealand from 1862 to 1863. He represented the electorate of Nelson, first as the Town of Nelson 1855–1860...

Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 is a historical non-fiction monograph written by American historian Eric Foner. Its broad focus...

on various dates in various states between June 2, 1862, and November 3, 1863, during the American Civil War and President Abraham Lincoln's first term...

82 August 5 – Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer, 53 MusicAndHistory.com: 1863 Archived 2013-06-29 at archive.today. Accessed 13 April 2013 "On the Volga...

a war chief of the Wampanoag Indians. Metacomet was launched on 7 March 1863 by Thomas Stack, Brooklyn, New York, and commissioned at New York on 4 January...

The Alkali Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 124) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Under the Alkali Act 1863, an alkali inspector and four...

Events from the year 1863 in France. Monarch – Napoleon III 15 January - French forces bombard Veracruz, during the French intervention in Mexico. 16 March...

inconclusive. The abolition of slavery became a Union war goal on January 1, 1863, when Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared all slaves...

Poland – The Year 1863 (Polish – Polonia – Rok 1863) or The Forging of Poland (Zakuwana Polska) is an early and unfinished oil on canvas painting by Jan...