• Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1863. 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...
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    occupation of part of Poland and regaining independence. It began on 22 January 1863 and continued until the last insurgents were captured by the Russian forces...
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    were known as the "Stars and Bars", used from 1861 to 1863; the "Stainless Banner", used from 1863 to 1865; and the "Blood-Stained Banner", used in 1865...
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    legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1862 and 1863, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative...
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  • The Infanteriegewehr 1863 (English: Infantry rifle 1863) was the first Swiss army service rifle to feature a rifled barrel. Like other Swiss infantry weapons...
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  • In 1863, Polish General Teofil Lapinski led a failed naval expedition to deliver munitions from England to the insurgents of the January Uprising in the...
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  • permanently established professorship at the University of Cambridge, founded in 1863, and assigned to the Faculty of Economics. The professorship was established...
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    executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War. The Proclamation had the effect of changing...
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    General elections were held in Jamaica under the Old Representative System between the 17th and 19th centuries. The first elections were held in 1677,...
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  • 1863 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. National championship National Association of Base Ball Players champion – Brooklyn Eckfords...
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