Birthdays
John Miller Dickey
Turns 57 on this date
William Anderson Handley
Turns 29 on this date
Franklin Benjamin Sanborn
Turns 32 on this date
Events
| Business/Industry | Gerard Adriaan Heineken purchases his first brewery in Amsterdam at age twenty-two | 12/15/1863 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is sitting in its fourth and final session |
11/18/1863 to 02/21/1864 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The first session of the 38th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/08/1863 to 12/21/1863 |
Documents
| Letter | William Elisha Stoker to Elizabeth E. Stoker, December 15, 1863 | 12/15/1863 |