WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JUNE 1863
Find out what all happened January to June 1863

American Civil War: the Battle of Fort Hindman begins in Arkansas. (9. January 1863)

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

The SS Georgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000. (19. March 1863)

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

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

Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece. (30. March 1863)

A group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which later became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross. (17. February 1863)

The first claim under the Homestead Act is made by Daniel Freeman for a farm in Nebraska. (1. January 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)

HMS Orpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189. (7. February 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: Second Battle of Springfield (8. January 1863)

American Civil War: The Union Army succeeds in closing off the last escape route from Port Hudson, Louisiana, in preparation for the coming siege. (21. May 1863)

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

American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins. (18. May 1863)

Richmond Bread Riot: Food shortages incite hundreds of angry women to riot in Richmond, Virginia and demand that the Confederate government release emergency supplies. (2. April 1863)

American Civil War: Second Battle of Winchester – a Union garrison is defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia. (14. June 1863)

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

The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany. (4. January 1863)

American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place. (14. May 1863)