February 14 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
May 13 » War of the Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives the part of its territory that was taken from it (the Innviertel).
July 16 » American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
September 28 » American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.
Day of death October 12, 1863
The temperature on October 12, 1863 was about 17.8 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 8 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield.
February 7 » HMSOrpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
May 17 » Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language.
June 7 » During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops.
July 18 » 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.
November 18 » King Christian IX of Denmark signs the November constitution that declares Schleswig to be part of Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and leads to the German–Danish war of 1864.
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