Birthdays
James Isham Gilbert
Turns 40 on this date
Henry Grider
Turns 67 on this date
John Howard Kitching
Turns 25 on this date
Edward Joy Morris
Turns 48 on this date
Robert Brown Potter
Turns 34 on this date
Thomas R. Stewart
Turns 43 on this date
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett
Turns 1 on this date
Jacob Zeilin
Turns 57 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | In New York City, violent protests against the Draft Lottery develop swiftly into four days of deadly rioting |
07/13/1863 to 07/17/1863 |
| US/the World | In the Shimoneseki Straights, the U.S.S. Wyoming attacks Japanese anti-western naval units | 07/16/1863 |
| Business/Industry | The steamboat Imperial arrives in New Orleans from St. Louis, the first since early 1861 | 07/16/1863 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New Haven (NH) Palladium,“Port Hudson,” July 16, 1863 | 07/16/1863 |