1863

Information about 1863

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Years:1860 1861 1862 - 1863 - 1864 1865 1866


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Year 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar).

Events of 1863

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Jan. 8: Transcontinental R.R.

January - March

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Jan.11: Battle of Arkansas Post.
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February 7: HMS Orpheus sinks.

April - June

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American Civil Warin 1863

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Undated

Ongoing Events

Births

1863 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1863
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Ab urbe condita2616
Armenian calendar1312
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Bah' calendar19 – 20
Buddhist calendar2407
Chinese calendar4499/4559-8-9
(壬戌年八月初九日)
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4500/4560-6-18
(癸亥年六月十八日)
Coptic calendar1579 – 1580
Ethiopian calendar1855 – 1856
Hebrew calendar 5623 – 5624
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1918 – 1919
 - Shaka Samvat1785 – 1786
 - Kali Yuga4964 – 4965
Holocene calendar11863
Iranian calendar1241 – 1242
Islamic calendar1280 – 1281
Japanese calendarBunkyū 0
(文久0年)
 - Imperial YearKōki 2523
(皇紀2523年)
Julian calendar1908
Korean calendar4196
Thai solar calendar2406
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January - June

July - December

Deaths

  • Dost Mohammad Khan, Wazir-i-azam of Kabul, King-Regent of Kabul, Emir of Kabul, King of Kandahar (b. 1789)

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1863 in archaeology

Explorations

Excavations

Publications

Finds

  • Winged Victory of Samothrace found at Samothrace by Charles Champoiseau. It is made c. 190 BC(?) It is now at Musee du Louvre, Paris.

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1863.

Events

January events

  • January 8 - Ground is broken by the Central Pacific Railroad in Sacramento, California, on the western half of the First Transcontinental Railroad in North America.

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See also: 1862 in Australia, other events of 1863, 1864 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:
  • Governor of New South Wales - John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar

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See also: 1862 in Canada, other events of 1863, 1864 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Events

  • March 17 - U.S. gives notice of intent to abrogate reciprocity.
  • December 7 - New Brunswick and Nova Scotia: the Chesapeake Incident.

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See also: 1862 in Ireland, 1864 in Ireland

Events

  • The Ulster Railway, which began construction in 1839, reaches Clones.
  • 28 November - First edition of The Irish People.

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