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1864 Historical Event(s)
March 10, 1864
– American Civil War: The Red River Campaign begins as Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.
April 18, 1864
– Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement.
May 15, 1864
– American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia – students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate Army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley.
May 20, 1864
– American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church – in the Virginia Bermuda Hundred Campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.
June 30, 1864
– U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for “public use, resort and recreation”.
July 8, 1864
– Ikedaya Jiken: the Choshu Han shishi’s planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya.
July 20, 1864
– American Civil War: Battle of Peachtree Creek – Near Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman.
July 28, 1864
– American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church – Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia.
September 2, 1864
– American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, Georgia, a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city.
December 4, 1864
– American Civil War: Sherman’s March to the Sea – At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman’s campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta, Georgia.
Who Were Born On 1864?
January 8, 1864
– Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (d. 1892)
January 28, 1864
– Herbert Akroyd Stuart, English inventor (d. 1927)
February 22, 1864
– Jules Renard, French author (d. 1910)
March 30, 1864
– Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist (d. 1943)
June 25, 1864
– Walther Nernst, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1941)
July 20, 1864
– Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (d. 1931)
September 15, 1864
– Prince Sigismund of Prussia (d. 1866)
September 23, 1864
– Draga Mašin, Queen of Serbia (d. 1903)
October 25, 1864
– John Francis Dodge, American automobile pioneer (d. 1920)
November 26, 1864
– Edward Higgins, 3rd General of The Salvation Army (d. 1947)