WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO AUGUST 1863
Find out what all happened April to August 1863

The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863). (15. August 1863)

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

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

Keti Koti (Emancipation Day) in Suriname, marking the abolition of slavery by the Netherlands. (1. July 1863)

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

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

American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins – troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi. (17. April 1863)

Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by Confederate guerrillas Quantrill's Raiders in the Lawrence Massacre. (21. August 1863)

Organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Battle Creek, Michigan. (21. May 1863)

American Indian Wars: Representatives of the United States and tribal leaders including Chief Pocatello (of the Shoshone) sign the Treaty of Box Elder. (30. July 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)

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

American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins. (1. May 1863)

Matica slovenská, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin. (4. August 1863)

New York City draft riots: in New York, New York, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history. (13. July 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: 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)

American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia. (9. June 1863)

American Civil War: the Battle of Gettysburg begins. (1. July 1863)

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