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Type	Date Span	Title
Lawmaking/Litigating	Tue, January 6, 1863	The third session of the 37th Congress returns from a two-week holiday recess
Lawmaking/Litigating	Wed, January 7, 1863 - Mon, March 2, 1863	The third session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington DC until early March 1863
Science/Technology	Fri, January 9, 1863	In London, the world's first underground railway opens and carries 38,000 passengers on the day
Military/Violent	Fri, January 9, 1863 - Sun, January 11, 1863	Battle of Arkansas Post
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, January 12, 1863 - Fri, May 1, 1863	In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is sitting in its third session
Personal	Sat, January 17, 1863	David Lloyd George, future British wartime prime minister of Britain, is born in Manchester, England
US/the World	Mon, January 19, 1863	Ismail Pasha is proclaimed as the new ruler of Ottoman Egypt and the Sudan.
Education/Culture	Wed, January 21, 1863	With great ceremony, Australian explorers Burke and Wills are buried in Melbourne, Australia
US/the World	Thu, January 22, 1863	Nationalists inspire the Polish to launch a revolt against Russian rule
Battles/Soldiers	Thu, January 29, 1863	Union Volunteer troops attack and kill hundreds of Shoshone at Bear River, in present-day Idaho
Lawmaking/Litigating	Thu, February 5, 1863	New York Herald correspondent tried for espionage
US/the World	Sun, February 8, 1863	Prussia pledges to support Russia in its effort to prevent Polish independence
Education/Culture	Tue, February 10, 1863	The wedding of Charles Stratton and Lavinia Warren in New York City makes headline news
Religion/Philosophy	Wed, February 18, 1863	Ash Wednesday begins the Christian observance of Lent for 1863
Lawmaking/Litigating	Wed, February 25, 1863	The position of Comptroller of the Currency is authorized
Personal	Thu, February 26, 1863	President Lincoln meets with Chicago attorney William Danenhower
Legal/Political	Tue, March 3, 1863	The 37th Congress comes to the end of its term in Washington DC
Lawmaking/Litigating	Wed, March 4, 1863	Congress authorizes the formation of the Idaho Territory
Legal/Political	Tue, March 10, 1863	Justice Robert Grier issues opinion in the Prize Cases
US/the World	Sun, March 15, 1863	French troops begin a two-month siege of Puebla, Mexico
Battles/Soldiers	Tue, March 17, 1863	Union troops land below Port Hudson seeking to make contact with Admiral Farragut's naval force
Lawmaking/Litigating	Tue, March 17, 1863	In Washington, the Senate votes to strike down the color bar on railroad cars in the District of Columbia
Education/Culture	Fri, March 27, 1863	School for the physically disabled incorporated in New York City
US/the World	Mon, March 30, 1863	Greek succession crisis ends when Prince William of Denmark becomes King George I of Greece
Women/Families	Thu, April 2, 1863	Virginia working women demonstrate and then precipitate a "Bread Riot"in the Confederate capital
US/the World	Sun, April 5, 1863	British Government seizes a newly-built schooner under the Foreign Enlistment Act
Legal/Political	Sat, April 11, 1863	Moncure Conway sails to England to gain support for the Union
Campaigns/Elections	Tue, April 21, 1863	Democrats take control of Chicago City Council from Unionists in municipal elections
Crime/Disasters	Wed, April 22, 1863	Deadly earthquake strikes the Greek island of Rhodes, killing hundreds
Crime/Disasters	Sat, April 25, 1863	In northern England, the largest fire in some years destroys businesses and a Wesleyan school