In Japan, traditionalists aiming to limit Western influence had steadily gained power and influence over the Emperor Komei.  Finally, with the Emperor arguing forcefully for expulsion of Westerners, the Imperial Court announced June 25, 1863 as the date all foreigners were to leave Japanese soil.  (By John Osborne) 

In October, a meeting of representatives of a number of suburban clubs playing football around London had met to iron out differences in the rules being used in contests between them.  No uniform set of rules had yet been laid down.  The Football Association was founded at the meeting and over the next six weeks a uniform set of rules were worked out at gatherings at Freeman's Tavern. The final version removed all use of the hands and deliberate kicking of players' legs and the first match under the new rules was played a few days later.  (By John Osborne)   

In London, a meeting of representatives of a number of suburban clubs playing football around the city met to iron out differences in the rules being used in contests between them.  No uniform set of rules had yet been formulated to play the game.  A permanent arrangement was proposed at the meeting and the Football Association was founded on the spot, the first of its kind in the world.  Ebenezer Morley was named as the first Secretary and Arthur Pember, of the No Names of Kilburn Club, became the Association's first president.  (By John Osborne)   

Union troops under Major-General Ambrose Burnside advanced into Eastern Tennessee, moving on Knoxville and then beyond. A small federal column, moving directly from Kentucky, had already attacked the heavily defended Cumberland Gap at the junction between Tennessee, Virginia, and Kentucky.  Burnside's arrival completed the victory, bringing into Union hands more than two thousand Confederate prisoners.  (By John Osborne) 

Brigadier General Michael Corcoran was a veteran of Bull Run and a committed Irish Nationalist leader famously charged with insubordination as a New York City militia commander before the war for his refusal to parade his regiment for the visiting Prince of Wales. He had died in a fall in Washington DC where he was serving five days before. St. Patrick's Cathedral was filled to capacity for his funeral service. He was buried at the Calvary Cemetery in Queens. (By John Osborne)  

Brigadier General Michael Corcoran was a veteran of Bull Run and a committed Irish Nationalist leader famously charged with insubordination as a New York City militia commander before the war for his refusal to parade his regiment for the visiting Prince of Wales. He was stationed in Washington and after escorting his fellow nationalist officer Thomas Francis Meagher to the railway station was fatally injured when his horse stumbled and fell on him, fracturing his skull.  He was thirty-six years old. (By John Osborne)