1863
Appearance
Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
Decades: | 1830s 1840s 1850s – 1860s – 1870s 1880s 1890s |
Years: | 1860 1861 1862 – 1863 – 1864 1865 1866 |
Gregorian calendar | 1863 MDCCCLXIII |
Ab urbe condita | 2616 |
Armenian calendar | 1312 ԹՎ ՌՅԺԲ |
Assyrian calendar | 6613 |
Bahá'í calendar | 19–20 |
Balinese saka calendar | 1784–1785 |
Bengali calendar | 1270 |
Berber calendar | 2813 |
British Regnal year | 26 Vict. 1 – 27 Vict. 1 |
Buddhist calendar | 2407 |
Burmese calendar | 1225 |
Byzantine calendar | 7371–7372 |
Chinese calendar | 4559 or 4499 — to — 4560 or 4500 |
Coptic calendar | 1579–1580 |
Discordian calendar | 3029 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1855–1856 |
Hebrew calendar | 5623–5624 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1919–1920 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1784–1785 |
- Kali Yuga | 4963–4964 |
Holocene calendar | 11863 |
Igbo calendar | 863–864 |
Iranian calendar | 1241–1242 |
Islamic calendar | 1279–1280 |
Japanese calendar | Bunkyū 3 ( |
Javanese calendar | 1791–1792 |
Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
Korean calendar | 4196 |
Minguo calendar | 49 before ROC |
Nanakshahi calendar | 395 |
Thai solar calendar | 2405–2406 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳水 (male Water-Dog) 1989 or 1608 or 836 — to — 阴水 (female Water-Pig) 1990 or 1609 or 837 |
1863 (MDCCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1863rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 863rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 63rd year of the 19th century, and the 4th year of the 1860s decade. As of the start of 1863, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
[change | change source]- Battle of Gettysburg
- Founded Red Cross.
Births
[change | change source]- January 17 – David Lloyd George, British politician; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1945)
- April 5 – Victoria of the United Kingdom, British royal (died 1950)
- June 19 – John Goodall, English footballer (died 1942)
- July 30 – Henry Ford, American businessman; founder of Ford Motor Company (died 1947)