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* [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]: [[Hannibal Hamlin]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]-[[Maine]])
* [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]: [[Hannibal Hamlin]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]-[[Maine]])
* [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice]]: [[Roger B. Taney]] ([[Maryland]])
* [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice]]: [[Roger B. Taney]] ([[Maryland]])
* [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House of Representatives]]: [[Galusha A. Grow]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]-[[Pennsylvania]]) (until March 4), [[Schuyler Colfax]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]-[[Indiana]]) (starting December 7)
* [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House of Representatives]]:
::[[Galusha A. Grow]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]-[[Pennsylvania]]) (until March 4)
::[[Schuyler Colfax]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]-[[Indiana]]) (starting December 7)
* [[United States Congress|Congress]]: [[37th United States Congress|37th]] (until March 4), [[38th United States Congress|38th]] (starting March 4)
* [[United States Congress|Congress]]: [[37th United States Congress|37th]] (until March 4), [[38th United States Congress|38th]] (starting March 4)


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=== Lieutenant Governors ===
=== Lieutenant governors ===
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* [[Lieutenant Governor of California]]: [[John F. Chellis]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]) (starting December 10), [[Tim N. Machin]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]) (starting December 10)
* [[Lieutenant Governor of California]]: [[John F. Chellis]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]) (starting December 10), [[Tim N. Machin]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]) (starting December 10)
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* January 3 – The [[Thomas Nast]] drawing of the modern [[Santa Claus]] appears on the cover of ''[[Harper's Weekly]],'' although Santa existed previously.
* January 3 – The [[Thomas Nast]] drawing of the modern [[Santa Claus]] appears on the cover of ''[[Harper's Weekly]],'' although Santa existed previously.
* January 8 – Ground is broken in [[Sacramento, California]], on the construction of the [[First transcontinental railroad]] in the United States.
* January 8 – Ground is broken in [[Sacramento, California]], on the construction of the [[First transcontinental railroad]] in the United States.
* January 11 – [[American Civil War]] – [[Battle of Arkansas Post]]: General [[John McClernand]] and Admiral [[David Dixon Porter]] capture the [[Arkansas River]] for the Union.
* January 11 – [[American Civil War]] – [[Battle of Arkansas Post (1863)|Battle of Arkansas Post]]: General [[John McClernand]] and Admiral [[David Dixon Porter]] capture the [[Arkansas River]] for the Union.
* January 29 – In the [[Bear River Massacre]], the U.S. Army attacks a [[Shoshone]] encampment in present-day Idaho led by Chief [[Bear Hunter]] killing hundreds.
* January 29 – In the [[Bear River Massacre]], the U.S. Army attacks a [[Shoshone]] encampment in present-day Idaho led by Chief [[Bear Hunter]] killing hundreds.


===February===
===February===
* February 3 – [[Mark Twain|Samuel Clemens]] first uses the pen name Mark Twain in a [[Virginia City, Nevada|Virginia City]] newspaper, the ''[[Territorial Enterprise]]''.
* February 3 – [[Mark Twain|Samuel Clemens]] first uses the pen name Mark Twain in a [[Virginia City, Nevada|Virginia City]] newspaper, the ''[[Territorial Enterprise]]''.
* February 10 –
* February 10
** The world-famous midgets [[General Tom Thumb]] and [[Lavinia Warren]] get married in [[New York City]]; [[P. T. Barnum]] takes an entrance fee.
** The world-famous midgets [[General Tom Thumb]] and [[Lavinia Warren]] get married in [[New York City]]; [[P. T. Barnum]] takes an entrance fee.
** The first [[fire extinguisher]] patent is granted to Alanson Crane in Virginia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alanson Crane patented a fire extinguisher... |url=https://www.almanac.com/fact/alanson-crane-patented-a-fire-extinguisher-system# |website=Old Farmer's Almanac |access-date=6 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
** The first [[fire extinguisher]] patent is granted to Alanson Crane in Virginia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alanson Crane patented a fire extinguisher... |url=https://www.almanac.com/fact/alanson-crane-patented-a-fire-extinguisher-system# |website=Old Farmer's Almanac |access-date=6 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
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* April 2 – [[Southern bread riots]]: In [[Richmond, Virginia]], about 5,000 people, mostly poor women, riot to protest the exorbitant price of bread.
* April 2 – [[Southern bread riots]]: In [[Richmond, Virginia]], about 5,000 people, mostly poor women, riot to protest the exorbitant price of bread.
* April 20 – [[American Civil War]] – The [[Battle of Washington]] ends inconclusively in [[Beaufort County, North Carolina]].
* April 20 – [[American Civil War]] – The [[Battle of Washington]] ends inconclusively in [[Beaufort County, North Carolina]].
* April 21 – [[Quantrill's Raiders]] launch a reprisal raid [[Lawrence, Kansas]] in the [[Battle of Lawrence]], killing a number of civilians.


===May===
===May===
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===July===
===July===
* July 1 – 3 – [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Gettysburg]]: Union forces under [[George G. Meade]] turn back a Confederate invasion by [[Robert E. Lee]] at the [[Battle of Gettysburg]], the largest battle of the war (28,000 Confederate casualties, 23,000 Union).
* July 1–3 – [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Gettysburg]]: Union forces under [[George G. Meade]] turn back a Confederate invasion by [[Robert E. Lee]] at the [[Battle of Gettysburg]], the largest battle of the war (28,000 Confederate casualties, 23,000 Union).
* July 4 – [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Vicksburg]] – [[Ulysses S. Grant]] and the Union army capture the Confederate city [[Vicksburg, Mississippi]], after the town surrendered. The siege lasted 47 days.
* July 4 – [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Vicksburg]] – [[Ulysses S. Grant]] and the Union army capture the Confederate city [[Vicksburg, Mississippi]], after the town surrendered. The siege lasted 47 days.
* July 9 – The [[siege of Port Hudson]] ends and the Union controls the entire Mississippi River for the first time.
* July 9 – The [[siege of Port Hudson]] ends and the Union controls the entire Mississippi River for the first time.
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* March 9 – [[Mary Harris Armor]], suffragist and temperance campaigner (died [[1950 in the United States|1950]])
* March 9 – [[Mary Harris Armor]], suffragist and temperance campaigner (died [[1950 in the United States|1950]])
* March 25 – [[Simon Flexner]], pathologist (died [[1946 in the United States|1946]])
* March 25 – [[Simon Flexner]], pathologist (died [[1946 in the United States|1946]])
* March &ndash; [[Texana A. Castle]], Texas social worker, missionary (died [[1930 in the United States|1930]])<ref>{{cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=1900 U. S. Census: Precinct 4, Bryan City, Brazos County, Texas|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DTXS-8MJ?mode=g&cc=1325221|website=FamilySearch|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration|access-date=21 February 2017|location=Washington, D.C.|page=6B|date=June 12, 1900|id=NARA T623 roll 1614}}</ref>
* May 4 – [[Charles S. Deneen]], U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1925 to 1931 (died [[1940 in the United States|1940]])
* May 4 – [[Charles S. Deneen]], U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1925 to 1931 (died [[1940 in the United States|1940]])
* May 18 – [[J. Hamilton Lewis]], U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1913 to 1919 (died [[1939 in the United States|1939]])
* May 18 – [[J. Hamilton Lewis]], U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1913 to 1919 (died [[1939 in the United States|1939]])
* October 1 – [[Adolph Otto Niedner]], cartridge designer (died [[1954 in the United States|1954]])
* October 1 – [[Adolph Otto Niedner]], cartridge designer (died [[1954 in the United States|1954]])
* October 9 – [[Enoch J. Rector]], cinema technician, inventor, and film director (died [[1957 in the United States|1957]])
* October 9 – [[Enoch J. Rector]], cinema technician, inventor, and film director (died [[1957 in the United States|1957]])
* October 18 – [[Tommy Tucker (baseball)|Tommy Tucker]], baseball pioneer (died [[1935 in the United States]])
* October 18 – [[Tommy Tucker (baseball)|Tommy Tucker]], baseball pioneer (died [[1935 in the United States|1935]])
* October 21 – [[Ralph H. Cameron]], U.S. Senator from Arizona from 1921 to 1927 (died [[1953 in the United States|1953]])
* October 21 – [[Ralph H. Cameron]], U.S. Senator from Arizona from 1921 to 1927 (died [[1953 in the United States|1953]])
* October 29 – [[Mark Baldwin (baseball)|Mark Baldwin]], baseball player (died [[1929 in the United States|1929]])
* October 31 – [[William Gibbs McAdoo]], U.S. Senator from California from 1913 to 1918 (died [[1941 in the United States|1941]])
* October 31 – [[William Gibbs McAdoo]], U.S. Senator from California from 1913 to 1918 (died [[1941 in the United States|1941]])
* November 29 – [[Aaron S. Watkins]], Presidential candidate (Prohibition Party) (died [[1941 in the United States|1941]])
* November 29 – [[Aaron S. Watkins]], presidential candidate (Prohibition Party) (died [[1941 in the United States|1941]])
* December 5 – [[Pattillo Higgins]], American oil pioneer, businessman (''Prophet of [[Spindletop]]'') (d. [[1955]])
* December 5 – [[Pattillo Higgins]], American oil pioneer, businessman (''Prophet of [[Spindletop]]'') (d. [[1955]])
* December 7 – [[Richard Warren Sears]], co-founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company (died [[1914 in the United States|1914]])
* December 7 – [[Richard Warren Sears]], co-founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company (died [[1914 in the United States|1914]])
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** [[Annie Jump Cannon]], astronomer and academic (died [[1941 in the United States|1941]])<ref>{{cite book|first=Moira Davison|last=Reynolds|title=American Women Scientists: 23 Inspiring Biographies, 1900-2000|location=Jefferson NC|publisher=McFarland|year=2004|page=18|isbn=978-0-78642-161-9}}</ref>
** [[Annie Jump Cannon]], astronomer and academic (died [[1941 in the United States|1941]])<ref>{{cite book|first=Moira Davison|last=Reynolds|title=American Women Scientists: 23 Inspiring Biographies, 1900-2000|location=Jefferson NC|publisher=McFarland|year=2004|page=18|isbn=978-0-78642-161-9}}</ref>
* December 13 – [[Mason Patrick]], Chief of U.S. Air Service, American Expeditionary Forces 1918 (died [[1942 in the United States|1942]])
* December 13 – [[Mason Patrick]], Chief of U.S. Air Service, American Expeditionary Forces 1918 (died [[1942 in the United States|1942]])
* Undated – [[Alfred Owen Crozier]], attorney (died [[1939 in the United States|1939]])


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==Deaths==

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Events from the year 1863 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

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Galusha A. Grow (R-Pennsylvania) (until March 4)
Schuyler Colfax (R-Indiana) (starting December 7)

Events

January

January 1: Emancipation Proclamation

February

March

April

May

June

July 1–3: Union victory at Gettysburg
July 4: Union victory at Vicksburg

July

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September

"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure."

From President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863

October

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Ongoing

Births

Deaths

See also

References

  1. ^ Ernie Gross (1990). This Day in American History. Neal-Schuman. ISBN 978-1-55570-046-1.
  2. ^ "Alanson Crane patented a fire extinguisher..." Old Farmer's Almanac. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  3. ^ "1900 U. S. Census: Precinct 4, Bryan City, Brazos County, Texas". FamilySearch. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. June 12, 1900. p. 6B. NARA T623 roll 1614. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  4. ^ Reynolds, Moira Davison (2004). American Women Scientists: 23 Inspiring Biographies, 1900-2000. Jefferson NC: McFarland. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-78642-161-9.

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