WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1863
Find out what all happened January to October 1863

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

American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state. (20. June 1863)

American Civil War: Second Battle of Fort Wagner – one of the first formal African American military units, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, supported by several white regiments, attempts an unsuccessful assault on Confederate-held Battery Wagner. (18. July 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: the Battle of Gettysburg begins. (1. July 1863)

American Civil War: Battle of Chickamauga. (19. September 1863)

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

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

American Civil War: Morgan's Raid – At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River. (19. July 1863)

Arizona is organized as a United States territory. (24. February 1863)

The Football Association, the oldest football association in the world, is formed in London. (26. October 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)

Danish Prince Wilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes. (30. October 1863)

The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany. (4. January 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)

Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War. (17. June 1863)

American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins – troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi. (17. April 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: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory. (1. January 1863)

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