Birthdays
William Aldrich
Turns 43 on this date
Hiram Parks Bell
Turns 36 on this date
John Martin Broomall
Turns 47 on this date
Alonzo Hereford Cushing
Turns 22 on this date
Henry Gray
Turns 47 on this date
Asahel Wheeler Hubbard
Turns 44 on this date
Robert Edward Lee
Turns 56 on this date
Metrah Makely
Turns 32 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is sitting in its third session |
01/12/1863 to 05/01/1863 |
| US/the World | Ismail Pasha is proclaimed as the new ruler of Ottoman Egypt and the Sudan. | 01/19/1863 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The third session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington DC until early March 1863 |
01/07/1863 to 03/02/1863 |