Timeline Wednesday 1 July 1863

Events on Wednesday 1 July 1863 3

• 1820 – 1863 John F. Reynolds (1820-1863) Died 1 July 1863, aged 42 Reynolds was a Union general regarded as one of the Army of the Potomac's most capable commanders. He was killed by a sharpshooter on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg while positioning his troops.
• 1863 Abolition of slavery Emancipation in the colonies The Netherlands abolishes slavery in Suriname and the Caribbean colonies, freeing tens of thousands — though with a ten-year forced "apprenticeship".
• 1863 Battle of Gettysburg Turning point of the American Civil War Union forces under George Meade repelled Robert E. Lee's Confederate army in Pennsylvania between 1 and 3 July 1863, inflicting heavy casualties on both sides. The battle ended Lee's second invasion of the North and is widely regarded as the war's turning point.