Matthew Gibson has shown that LeFanu used Dom Augustin Calmet's Treatise on Vampires and Revenants, translated into English in 1850 as The Phantom World, the Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould's The Book of Were-wolves ( 1863 ), and his account of Elizabeth Bathory, Coleridge's Christabel, and Captain Basil Hall's Schloss Hainfeld ; or a Winter in Lower Styria ( London and Edinburgh, 1836 ).

In 1863, Reverend Anthony Bowen founded the first YMCA for Coloured Men in Washington, DC.

Reverend John Curwen, who became pastor of the church at Plaistow in 1844 and started his printing business in Plaistow in 1863.

The " Magdalen " papyrus was purchased in Luxor, Egypt in 1901 by Reverend Charles Bousfield Huleatt ( 1863 – 1908 ), who identified the Greek fragments as portions of the Gospel of Matthew ( Chapter 26: 23 and 31 ) and presented them to Magdalen College, Oxford, where they are cataloged as P. Magdalen Greek 17 ( Gregory-Aland < sup > 64 </ sup >) and whence they have their name.

* 1863: Reverend Searle persuaded newly weds George and Sarah Odell to emigrate to New Zealand

* 1863 – Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German writer ( b. 1813 )

* March 18 – Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet and playwright ( d. 1863 )

* 1851 – 1863: Friedrich Karl Dilchert ( civic mayor )

The expulsion in 1837 of the seven professors – Die Göttinger Sieben – the Germanist, Wilhelm Eduard Albrecht ( 1800 – 1876 ); the historian Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann ( 1785 – 1860 ); the orientalist Georg Heinrich August Ewald ( 1803 – 1875 ); the historian Georg Gottfried Gervinus ( 1805 – 1875 ); the physicist Wilhelm Eduard Weber ( 1804 – 1891 ); and the philologists, the brothers Jakob ( 1785 – 1863 ) and Wilhelm Grimm ( 1786 – 1859 ), for protesting against the revocation by King Ernest Augustus I of Hanover of the liberal constitution of 1833, further reduced the prosperity of the university.

The last namestnik was Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg, who served from 1863 to his death in 1874.

In 1863 Kemble also published a volume of plays, including translations from Alexandre Dumas, père and Friedrich Schiller.

* Friedrich Kasiski, Die Geheimschriften und die Dechiffrierkunst (" Secret writing and the Art of Deciphering "), pub 1863, contained the first public description of a technique for cryptanalyzing polyalphabetic cyphers.

Christian Friedrich Freiherr von Stockmar ( 22 August 1787 – 9 July 1863 ) was an Anglo-Belgian statesman, who was a leading player in the affairs of the United Kingdom under Queen Victoria.

Johann Friedrich Böhmer ( 22 April 1795 – 22 October 1863 ) was a German historian.

It was first published by Friedrich Kasiski in 1863, but seems to have been

* 1863 Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander

It was subsequently rediscovered by Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke in 1863.

In Olten's railway station restaurant, the Gruppe Olten ( Olten Group ), a group of writers that included Max Frisch and Friedrich Dürrenmatt, was founded, as was the Swiss Alpine Club in 1863.

* on stretched exponential relaxation by Rudolf Kohlrausch ( 1854 ) and his son Friedrich Kohlrausch ( 1863, 1876 ),

Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Großmann, who commonly called himself just Carl Großmann ( 13 December 1863 – 5 July 1922 ), was a German serial killer.

In October 1863, he went to Lisbon, where he translated Friedrich Schiller's The Bride of Messina and some poems by Heinrich Heine.

Christian Friedrich Hebbel ( March 18, 1813 – December 13, 1863 ), was a German poet and dramatist.

She was born in Riga, Livonia, Russian Empire as the daughter of an actor, Wilhelm Friedrich Seebach ( 1798 – 1863 ).

In 1863 Rev Friedrich Hagenauer established Rahahyuck Mission on the banks of the Avon River near Lake Wellington to house the Gunai survivors from west and central Gippsland.

On 25 May 1863, Friedrich Wilhelm Schwartz was also called as an Apostle through many prophetically gifted members in the congregation, and also through Prophet Geyer.

Among his students were the German sinologists Wilhelm Grube ( 1855 – 1908 ) and Johann Jakob Maria de Groot ( 1854 – 1921 ), the Austrian sinologist Arthur von Rosthorn ( 1862 – 1945 ), the japanologist Karl Florenz ( 1865 – 1939 ), the archaeologist Max Uhle ( 1856 – 1944 ), the tibetologist Heinrich Wenzel and the art historian Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Müller ( 1863 – 1930 ).

After finishing school in Frankfurt ( Oder ), he studied at the Royal Industrial Institute of Berlin, earning his Ph. D. with Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg in 1863.

Friedrich August Ferdinand Christian Went ForMemRS ( June 18, 1863, Amsterdam — July 24, 1935, Wassenaar ) was a Dutch botanist, professor of botany and director of the Botanical Garden at the University of Utrecht.

** Alexander Carl Otto Westphal ( 1863 – 1941 ), German physician, son of Carl Friedrich Otto and grandson of Otto Carl Friedrich Westphal

* 1863 – Matica slovenská, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.

* 1863 – The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany.

Category: Educational institutions established in 1863

These reforms included guarantees to ensure the Ottoman subjects perfect security for their lives, honour, and property ; the introduction of the first Ottoman paper banknotes ( 1840 ) and opening of the first post offices ( 1840 ); the reorganization of the finance system according to the French model ( 1840 ); the reorganization of the Civil and Criminal Code according to the French model ( 1840 ); the establishment of the Meclis-i Maarif-i Umumiye ( 1841 ) which was the prototype of the First Ottoman Parliament ( 1876 ); the reorganization of the army and a regular method of recruiting, levying the army, and fixing the duration of military service ( 1843 – 44 ); the adoption of an Ottoman national anthem and Ottoman national flag ( 1844 ); the first nationwide Ottoman census in 1844 ( only male citizens were counted ); the first national identity cards ( officially named the Mecidiye identity papers, or informally kafa kağıdı ( head paper ) documents, 1844 ); the institution of a Council of Public Instruction ( 1845 ) and the Ministry of Education ( Mekatib-i Umumiye Nezareti, 1847, which later became the Maarif Nezareti, 1857 ); the abolition of slavery and slave trade ( 1847 ); the establishment of the first modern universities ( darülfünun, 1848 ), academies ( 1848 ) and teacher schools ( darülmuallimin, 1848 ); establishment of the Ministry of Healthcare ( Tıbbiye Nezareti, 1850 ); the Commerce and Trade Code ( 1850 ); establishment of the Academy of Sciences ( Encümen-i Daniş, 1851 ); establishment of the Şirket-i Hayriye which operated the first steam-powered commuter ferries ( 1851 ); the first European style courts ( Meclis-i Ahkam-ı Adliye, 1853 ) and supreme judiciary council ( Meclis-i Ali-yi Tanzimat, 1853 ); establishment of the modern Municipality of Istanbul ( Şehremaneti, 1854 ) and the City Planning Council ( İntizam-ı Şehir Komisyonu, 1855 ); the abolition of the capitation ( Jizya ) tax on non-Muslims, with a regular method of establishing and collecting taxes ( 1856 ); non-Muslims were allowed to become soldiers ( 1856 ); various provisions for the better administration of the public service and advancement of commerce ; the establishment of the first telegraph networks ( 1847 – 1855 ) and railroads ( 1856 ); the replacement of guilds with factories ; the establishment of the Ottoman Central Bank ( originally established as the Bank-ı Osmanî in 1856, and later reorganized as the Bank-ı Osmanî-i Şahane in 1863 ) and the Ottoman Stock Exchange ( Dersaadet Tahvilat Borsası, established in 1866 ); the Land Code ( Arazi Kanunnamesi, 1857 ); permission for private sector publishers and printing firms with the Serbesti-i Kürşad Nizamnamesi ( 1857 ); establishment of the School of Economical and Political Sciences ( Mekteb-i Mülkiye, 1859 ); the Press and Journalism Regulation Code ( Matbuat Nizamnamesi, 1864 ); among others.

The Seventh-day Adventist Church, established in 1863, believes Ellen G. White, one of the church's founders, was given the spiritual gift of prophecy, and are generally skeptical toward other claims.

Pierre de Frédy was born in Paris on 1 January 1863 into an established aristocratic family.

By this work his reputation became firmly established, and he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1863.

The denomination grew out of the Millerite movement in the United States during the middle part of the 19th century and was formally established in 1863.

The church was formally established in Battle Creek, Michigan, on May 21, 1863, with a membership of 3, 500.

Category: Religious organizations established in 1863

During the 19th and early 20th centuries, Bankalar Caddesi ( Banks Street ) in Istanbul was the financial center of the Ottoman Empire, where the headquarters of the Ottoman Central Bank ( established as the Bank-ı Osmanî in 1856, and later reorganized as the Bank-ı Osmanî-i Şahane in 1863 ) and the Ottoman Stock Exchange ( 1866 ) were located.

* The Seventh-day Adventist Church becomes officially established in 1863 in Battle Creek, Michigan.

However Thanksgiving would not become established as a national holiday until 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed that it would be celebrated on the final Thursday in November.

In 1863, enlisting the support of Alexander Dallas Bache and Charles Henry Davis, a professional astronomer recently recalled from the Navy to Washington to head the Bureau of Navigation, Louis Agassiz and Benjamin Peirce planned the steps whereby the National Academy of Sciences was to be established.

After 1863, many returned to their permanent villages that had been established along creeks flowing down from the Sierra Nevada mountains.

During the spring of 1863, Hooker established a reputation as an outstanding administrator and restored the morale of his soldiers, which had plummeted to a new low under Burnside.

With his brother William Conant Church he established The Army and Navy Journal in 1863, and Galaxy magazine in 1866.

The National Banking Acts of 1863 and 1864 were two United States federal banking acts that established a system of national banks for banks, and created the United States National Banking System.

The Technical and Vocational School of Horticulture was established in 1863, it was installed under the authority of the corporation of Waux Hall.

Bacup's first local authority was a Local board of health established in 1863 ; Bacup Local Board of Health was a regulatory body responsible for standards of hygiene and sanitation in the Bacup Urban Sanitary District.

Category: Political parties established in 1863

The Army established the Roanoke Island Freedmen's Colony in 1863, an important social experiment as part of the US government's developing policies related to the future of the slaves in freedom.

Category: Populated places established in 1863

Category: Populated places established in 1863