WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO NOVEMBER 1863
Find out what all happened April to November 1863

American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga ends. (20. September 1863)

Robert College of Istanbul-Turkey, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist. (16. September 1863)

The Maori Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato. (31. October 1863)

American Civil War: the Siege of Port Hudson ends. (9. July 1863)

Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language. (17. May 1863)

American Civil War: Second Battle of Sabine Pass – on the Texas-Louisiana border at the mouth of the Sabine River, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas. (8. September 1863)

American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge. (3. July 1863)

American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg – ships led by Union Admiral David Dixon Porter move through heavy Confederate artillery fire on approach to Vicksburg, Mississippi. (16. April 1863)

Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, declares his mission as "He whom God shall make manifest". (21. April 1863)

American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson. (27. May 1863)

A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fights a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico. (30. April 1863)

During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City was captured by French troops. (7. June 1863)

King Christian IX of Denmark signs the November constitution that declares Schleswig to be part of Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and leads to the German–Danish war of 1864. (18. November 1863)

The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country. (16. August 1863)

American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by Confederate troops. (6. May 1863)

American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later. (2. May 1863)

American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter. (17. August 1863)

American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee. (9. September 1863)

American Civil War: Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson dies eight days after he is accidentally shot by his own troops. (10. May 1863)

American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge – At Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg. (25. November 1863)