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Contents 1 Events of 1864 1.1 January - March 1.2 April - June 1.3 July - September 1.4 October - December 1.5 Undated 1.6 Ongoing events 2 Births 2.1 January - June 2.2 July - December 3 Deaths 3.1 January - June 3.2 July - December 4 References

Events of 1864

January - March

• January 16 - Denmark rejects a Prussian-Austrian ultimatum to repeal the Danish constitution. Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori History Hunley and two earlier submarines were privately developed and paid for by Horace Lawson Hunley, James McClintock, and Baxter Watson Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. ^[1][2]
• January 21 - Māori Wars: The Tauranga Campaign starts. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. The New Zealand Wars, sometimes called the Land Wars and also once called the Māori Wars, were a series of conflicts that took place in New Zealand The Tauranga Campaign took place in New Zealand, from January 21 1864 to June 21 1864, during the New Zealand
• February 1 - Danish-Prussian War (Second war of Schleswig): 57. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen The First Schleswig War occurred in 1848–1851. The Second Schleswig War (2 000 Austrian and Prussian troops cross Eider River to Denmark. The Eider ( German: Eider; Danish: Ejderen; Latin: Egdor or Egdore) is the longest river of the German The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe
• February 17 - American Civil War: The tiny Confederate submarine Hunley torpedoes the USS Housatonic, becoming the first submarine to sink an enemy ship. Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 A submarine is a Watercraft that can operate independently below water as distinct from a Submersible that has only limited underwater capability History Hunley and two earlier submarines were privately developed and paid for by Horace Lawson Hunley, James McClintock, and Baxter Watson The modern torpedo (historically called an automotive automobile locomotive or fish torpedo is a self-propelled explosive Projectile weapon launched above or below The sub and her crew of eight are also lost.
• February 25 - American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia. Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Andersonville is a city in Sumter County, Georgia, United States. The 500 prisoners had left Richmond, Virginia seven days before.
• March 1- Alejandro Mon Menéndez takes office as Prime Minister of Spain
• March 9- American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln appoints Ulysses S. Grant commander in chief of all Union armies. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant The Prime Minister of Spain, (officially the President of the Government, Spanish: Presidente del Gobierno) is the Spanish Head of government Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal Ulysses S Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27 1822 &ndash July 23 1885 was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States
• March 10 - American Civil War: The Red River Campaign begins as Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana. Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing The Red River Campaign or Red River Expedition consisted of a series of battles fought along the Red River in Louisiana during the American Civil War Alexandria is a City in and the Parish seat of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States.
• March 11 - A reservoir near Sheffield, England bursts; 250 dead

April - June

• April 18 - Danish-Prussian War (Second War of Schleswig): Battle of Dybbøl. Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty Sheffield ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England The Great Sheffield Flood, also known as the Great Inundation, was a Flood that devastated parts of Sheffield, England, on 11 March Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. The First Schleswig War occurred in 1848–1851. The Second Schleswig War (2 The Battle of Dybbøl (Slaget ved Dybbøl Erstürmung der Düppeler Schanzen was the key Battle of the Second War of Schleswig and occurred on the morning of The Prussian army fielding 10,000 men defeats the Danish defending army of 9,200 at Dybbøl Mill after an artillery bombardment from April 7 to April 18.
• April 22 - The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 which mandates that the inscription "In God We Trust" be placed on all coins minted as United States currency. Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses The Coinage Act of 1864, a United States federal law, changed the composition of the one-cent coin and authorized the minting of the two-cent coin The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been
• May 5 - American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Background The battlefield was the Wilderness of Spotsylvania an expanse of nearly impenetrable scrub growth and rough terrain that encompassed more than 70 square miles (181 Spotsylvania County is a county in the US state &mdash officially " Commonwealth " &mdash of Virginia.
• May 7 - American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Army of the Potomac was the major Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. Ulysses S Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27 1822 &ndash July 23 1885 was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States Background The battlefield was the Wilderness of Spotsylvania an expanse of nearly impenetrable scrub growth and rough terrain that encompassed more than 70 square miles (181
• May 11 - American Civil War: Battle of Yellow Tavern - Confederate General JEB Stuart is mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern, Virginia. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Background The Overland Campaign was Union Lt Gen Ulysses S Grant 's 1864 offensive against General Robert E James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart ( February 6, 1833 &ndash May 12, 1864) was an American soldier from Virginia and a
• May 12 - American Civil War: Battle of Spotsylvania Court House: The "Bloody Angle" - thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers die. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, sometimes simply referred to as the Battle of Spotsylvania, was the second battle in Lt
• May 13 - American Civil War: Battle of Resaca - the battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Battle of Resaca was part of the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War.
• May 18 - Civil War gold hoax - New York World and the New York Journal of Commerce publish a fake proclamation that president Abraham Lincoln has issued a draft of 400,000 more soldiers
• May 20 - American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church - In the Virginia Bermuda Hundred Campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory
• May 21 - Circassian leaders sign Russian loyalty oaths ending the Russian-Circassian War. Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Civil War Gold Hoax was an 1864 Hoax perpetrated by two US journalists to exploit the financial situation during the American Civil War. Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Battle of Ware Bottom Church was fought on May 20, 1864, between Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The Bermuda Hundred Campaign was a series of battles fought at the town of Bermuda Hundred, outside Richmond Virginia, during May 1864 in the American Civil Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Circassia, also known as Cherkessia in Russian is a region in Caucasia. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending
• May 28 - Montana is organized as a United States territory out of parts of Washington Territory and Dakota Territory, and is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln. Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Montana ( is a state in the Western United States. One-third of the state in the western part contains numerous mountain ranges (approximately 77 named of the northern The political units and divisions of the United States include The 50 states (four of these being officially styled as Commonwealths) which are typically

• June 5 - American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont - Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, West Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners. Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South David Hunter (July 21 1802 &ndash February 2 1886 was a Union general in the American Civil War. Piedmont is a town in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States.
• June 10 - American Civil War: Battle of Brice's Crossroads - Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi. Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Battle of Brice's Crossroads was fought on June 10, 1864, near Baldwyn in Lee County Mississippi, during the American Civil War Nathan Bedford Forrest ( July 13, 1821 &ndash October 29, 1877) was a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army during Samuel Davis Sturgis ( June 11, 1822 &ndash September 28, 1889) was an American military officer who served in the Mexican-American War Mississippi ( is a state located in the Deep South of the United States
• June 12 - American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor: - General Ulysses S. Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Battle of Cold Harbor, the final battle of Union Lt Gen Ulysses S Grant pulls his troops from their positions at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.
• June 15
  • Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0. Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington Virginia, is a military cemetery in the United States, established during the American Civil War 8 km²) of the grounds of Robert E. Lee's home Arlington House are officially set-aside as a military cemetery by U. Arlington House (The RE Lee Memorial is a Greek revival style mansion located in Arlington Virginia, USA and was once the home of Confederate A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. Edwin McMasters Stanton ( December 19, 1814 &ndash December 24, 1869) was an American lawyer politician United States
  • American Civil War: Battle of Petersburg begins - Union forces under General Grant and troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee battle for the last time. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Richmond-Petersburg Campaign was a series of battles around Petersburg Virginia, fought from June 9, 1864, to March 25, 1865 Robert Edward Lee (January 19 1807 &ndash October 12 1870 was a career United States Army officer, an Engineer, and among the most celebrated
• June 21 - Māori Wars: The Tauranga Campaign ends. Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. The New Zealand Wars, sometimes called the Land Wars and also once called the Māori Wars, were a series of conflicts that took place in New Zealand The Tauranga Campaign took place in New Zealand, from January 21 1864 to June 21 1864, during the New Zealand

July - September

• July 18 - President Lincoln issues a true proclamation of conscription of 500,000 men for the US Civil War
• July 20 - 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. Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Battle of Peachtree Creek was fought in Georgia on July 20 1864, as part of the Atlanta Campaign in the American Civil War John Bell Hood ( June 1 or June 29, 1831 &ndash August 30, 1879) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War
• July 22 - American Civil War: Battle of Atlanta - Outside of Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate General Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General Sherman on Bald Hill. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Background In the Atlanta Campaign Maj Gen William Tecumseh Sherman commanded the Union forces of the Western Theater.
• July 24 - American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown - Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep the Yankees out of the Shenandoah Valley. Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Jubal Anderson Early ( November 3 1816 &ndash March 2 1894) was a Lawyer and Confederate general in the American Civil George Crook ( September 8, 1828 &ndash March 21, 1890) was a career United States Army officer most noted for his distinguished
• July 28 - American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church begins - Confederate troops led by General Hood make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces under General Sherman from Atlanta, Georgia. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Battle Sherman's army stretched in an inverted U around the northern defenses of Atlanta
• July 29 - American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, DC. Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Maria Isabella Boyd ( May 4, 1843 &ndash June 11, 1900) best known as Belle Boyd or Cleopatra of the Session, was a The Old Capitol Prison served a jail in Washington DC during the time of the Civil War. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D
• July 30 - American Civil War: Battle of the Crater - Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines by exploding a large bomb under their trenches. Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Battle of the Crater was a battle of the American Civil War, part of the Siege of Petersburg.
• August 1 - Foundation of Elgin Watch Company in Elgin, Illinois. Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman The Elgin National Watch Company was founded in August 1864 as the National Watch Company. Elgin (ˈɛldʒɨn is a city. (645 km northwest of Chicago on the Fox River.
• August 5 - American Civil War: Battle of Mobile Bay begins - At Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports. Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Battle Commanding the Union forces was Admiral David Farragut, while Admiral Franklin Buchanan commanded the Confederate fleet Mobile Bay is an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, lying within the state of Alabama in the United States. David Glasgow Farragut ( July 5 1801 &ndash August 14 1870) was the first senior or "flag" officer of the United States Navy The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861
• August 13 - The first fish and chips shop opens in London. Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Fish and chips (sometimes written " fish ’n’ chips " is a popular Take-away food originating from the United Kingdom. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
• August 18 - American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern - Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Weldon Railroad, forcing the Confederates to use wagons. Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Battle of Globe Tavern, also known as the Second Battle of the Weldon Railroad, fought from August 18 to August 21, 1864, saw the Ulysses S Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27 1822 &ndash July 23 1885 was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 Petersburg is an Independent city in Virginia, United States located on the Appomattox River. Originally chartered in 1835 as the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad, the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad name began use in 1855 The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861
• August 22 - First Geneva Convention; International Red Cross is founded. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. The First Geneva Convention is one of several Geneva Conventions. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an International humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers worldwide who stated
• August 31 - American Civil War: Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Georgia. Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

• September 1 -American Civil War: Confederate General Hood evacuates Atlanta after a four month siege mounted by Union General Sherman. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an International humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers worldwide who stated Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South
• September 2 - American Civil War: Union forces under General Sherman enter Atlanta a day after the Confederate defenders fled the city. Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South
• September 7 - American Civil War: Atlanta, Georgia is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South
• September 8 - Delegates from the Canadian colonies meet at the Charlottetown Conference to discuss Canadian Confederation. Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz The Charlottetown Conference was held in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island for representatives from the colonies of British North America to discuss Canadian Confederation was the process by which the federal Dominion of Canada was formed beginning 1 July 1867 from the

October - December

• October 2 - American Civil War: Battle of Saltville - Union forces attack Saltville, Virginia but are defeated by Confederate troops. Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Saltville is a town in Smyth and Washington counties in the U
• October 5 – Cyclone kills 70,000 in Calcutta, India
• October 9 - American Civil War: Battle of Tom's Brook - Union cavalrymen in the Shenandoah Valley defeat Confederate forces at Tom's Brook, Virginia. Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople In Meteorology, a cyclone refers to an area of closed circular fluid motion rotating in the same direction as the Earth. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Battle of Tom's Brook was fought on October 9, 1864, in Shenandoah County Virginia, during Philip Sheridan 's Shenandoah Valley Campaign Toms Brook is a town in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States.
• October 28 - American Civil War: Second Battle of Fair Oaks ends - Union forces under General Ulysses S. Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Grant withdraw from Fair Oaks, Virginia, after failing to breach the Confederate defenses around Richmond, Virginia. Fair Oaks is an unincorporated community located in Henrico County Virginia. This article is about the city of Richmond the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
• October 30
  • Second war of Schleswig concluded. Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. The First Schleswig War occurred in 1848–1851. The Second Schleswig War (2 Denmark renounces all claim to Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg, which come under Prussian and Austrian administration. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Holstein (ˈhɔlʃtain ( Low German: Holsteen, Danish: Holsten, Latin and historical English: Holsatia) Prussia ( Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Prūsija Prūsija Prusy Old Prussian: Prūsa) was most recently a historic state Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich
  • Helena, Montana is founded after four prospectors, the so-called "Four Georgians" discover gold at "Last Chance Gulch;" it was their last and agreed final attempt at weeks of trying to find gold in the northern Rockies. Helena (ˈhɛlɨnə is the Capital city of the US state of Montana and the County seat of Lewis and Clark County Prospecting is the physical search for Minerals Fossils precious metals or mineral specimens and is also known as Fossicking. The Four Georgians were a group of Gold prospectors from the U Gold (ˈɡoʊld is a Chemical element with the symbol Au (from its Latin name aurum) and Atomic number 79
• October 31 - Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Nevada ( is a state located in the western region of the United States of America. A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government
• November 4 - American Civil War: Battle of Johnsonville - At Johnsonville, Tennessee, troops under the command of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest bombard a Union supply base with artillery and destroy millions of dollars in material. Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Battle of Johnsonville was fought November 4 &ndash5 1864 in Benton County Tennessee, as part of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign of the Nathan Bedford Forrest ( July 13, 1821 &ndash October 29, 1877) was a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army during
• November 7 - Capital of Idaho Territory is moved from Lewiston to Boise; North Idaho declares the move illegal and proposes secession. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Idaho Territory was an Organized territory of the United States which existed from 1863 to 1890 Lewiston is the name of some places in the United States of America: Lewiston Alabama Lewiston California Lewiston Boise (ˈbɔɪsi is the capital and most populous city of the U The Idaho Panhandle is the northern region of the US State of Idaho that encompasses the ten northernmost counties of Benewah, Bonner Secession (derived from the Latin term secessio is the act of withdrawing from an organization union or especially a political entity
• November 8 - U.S. presidential election, 1864: Abraham Lincoln is reelected in an overwhelming victory over George B. McClellan. Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration In the United States Presidential election of 1864, Abraham Lincoln was re-elected as president Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal George Brinton McClellan ( December 3 1826 October 29 1885) was a major general during the American Civil War.
• November 15 - American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea begins - Union General Sherman burns Atlanta and starts to move south, causing extensive devastation to crops and mills and living off the land. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Sherman's March to the Sea is the name commonly given to the Savannah Campaign conducted in late 1864 by Maj
• November 20 - Judicial reform of Alexander II is launched in Imperial Russia. Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, The judicial reform of Alexander II is generally considered one of the most successful and the most consistent (along with the military reform of all the reforms of Alexander The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya
• November 22 - American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Confederate General John Bell Hood invades Tennessee in an unsuccessful attempt to draw Union General Sherman from Georgia. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States.
• November 25 - American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City. Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Confederate Army of Manhattan was a group of eight Southern operatives who attempted to burn New York City on November 25 1864 during the final stages of the The City of New York
• November 29 - Indian Wars: Sand Creek Massacre - Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 400 Cheyenne and Arapahoe noncombatants at Sand Creek, Colorado (where they had been given permission to camp). Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe The Sand Creek Massacre (also known as the Chivington massacre or the Battle of Sand Creek or the Massacre of Cheyenne Indians) was an incident in The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. John Milton Chivington ( January 27, 1821 &ndash October 4, 1892) was a 19th century United States Army officer noted for his Cheyenne are a Native American nation of the Great Plains. The Cheyenne Nation is composed of two united tribes, the Só'taa'e (more commonly The Arapaho (in French: Gens de Vache) tribe of Native Americans historically living on the eastern plains of Colorado and Wyoming

• November 30 - American Civil War: Battle of Franklin - The Army of Tennessee led by General Hood mounts a dramatically unsuccessful frontal assault on Union positions around Franklin, Tennessee (Hood lost six generals and almost a third of his troops). Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Army of Tennessee was the principal Confederate army operating between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River during the Franklin is a city in and the County seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, United States.

• December 4 - 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 Sherman's campaign of destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to Savannah, GA (Union forces did suffer more than three times the casualties as the Confederates, however). "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Waynesboro is a city in Burke County, Georgia, United States. Hugh Judson Kilpatrick ( January 14, 1836 &ndash December 4, 1881) was an officer in the Union Army during the American Joseph Wheeler ( September 10 1836 – January 25 1906) was an American military commander and politician
• December 8 - Syllabus errorum: Pope Pius IX condemns theological liberalism as an error and claims for the supremacy of Roman Catholic Church authority over the civil society. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. The Syllabus of Errors ( Syllabus Errorum) was a document issued by Holy See under Pope Pius IX on December 8 1864, Blessed Pope Pius IX (May 13 1792 &ndash February 7 1878 born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, was Pope from June 16 1846 until 1878 He also condemns rationalism and socialism
• December 15-16 - American Civil War: Union forces decisively defeat the Confederate Army of Tennessee at the Battle of Nashville

Undated

• Imperial forces assault the Taiping capital of Nanking in the last great battle of the civil war. In Epistemology and in its broadest sense rationalism is "any view appealing to Reason as a source of knowledge or justification" (Lacey 286 Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Battle of Nashville was a two-day battle in the Franklin-Nashville Campaign that represented the end of large-scale fighting in the Western Theater of the The Taiping Rebellion or Rebellion of Great Peace was a large-scale Revolt against the authority and forces of the Qing Government in China ( Chinese: 南京 Romanizations Nánjīng ( Pinyin) Nan-ching ( Wade-Giles
• James Clerk Maxwell establishes the basis of the modern Electromagnetism and discovers microwaves
• Haiti declares independence
• Brazil invades Uruguay in support of Venancio Flores. James Clerk Maxwell (13 June 1831 &ndash 5 November 1879 was a Scottish mathematician and theoretical physicist. Electromagnetism is the Physics of the Electromagnetic field: a field which exerts a Force on particles that possess the property of Microwaves are electromagnetic waves with Wavelengths ranging from 1 mm to 1 m or frequencies between 0 Haiti ( English: ˈheɪ·tiː or haɪ·ˈjiː·tiː French Haïti a·i·ti Haitian Creole: |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Uruguay.(official full name in República Oriental del Uruguay;, Oriental Republic of Uruguay) is a country located in the southeastern part of South America Venancio Flores Barrios (18 May 1808 – 19 February 1868 was a Uruguayan political leader and general Paraguay attacks Brazil. Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay ( Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guaraní: Tetã Paraguái) is one of the only
• John Wisden publishes first edition of Wisden Cricketer's Almanack. John Wisden ( 5 September 1826 &ndash 5 April 1884) was an English Cricketer who played 190 First-class cricket Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (often referred to simply as Wisden or colloquially as "the Bible of Cricket" is by far the best It goes on to become the major annual cricket publication.
• Asa Shinn Mercer travels from Seattle to the US East Coast and recruits 11 "Mercer Girls", potential wives for men on the West Coast

Ongoing events

• American Civil War (1861-1865)
• Taiping Rebellion (1851-1864)

Births

1864 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1864 MDCCCLXIV
Ab urbe condita	2617
Armenian calendar	1313 ԹՎ ՌՅԺԳ
Bahá'í calendar	20 – 21
Berber calendar	2814
Buddhist calendar	2408
Burmese calendar	1226
Chinese calendar	4500/4560-11-22 (癸亥年十一月廿二日) — to — 4501/4561-12-3 (甲子年十二月初三日)
Coptic calendar	1580 – 1581
Ethiopian calendar	1856 – 1857
Hebrew calendar	5624 – 5625
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1919 – 1920
- Shaka Samvat	1786 – 1787
- Kali Yuga	4965 – 4966
Holocene calendar	11864
Iranian calendar	1242 – 1243
Islamic calendar	1280 – 1281
Japanese calendar	Bunkyū 4Genji 1 (元治元年)
Korean calendar	4197
Thai solar calendar	2407
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January - June

• January 1 - Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (d. Asa Shinn Mercer ( June 6, 1839 - August 10, 1917) was the first president of the Territorial University of Washington and a member The Mercer Girls or Mercer Maids were an 1860s project of Asa Shinn Mercer, an American who lived in Seattle, who decided to "import" Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Taiping Rebellion or Rebellion of Great Peace was a large-scale Revolt against the authority and forces of the Qing Government in China 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious Calendar Events Births Deaths Calendar Events Births Deaths The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری ‎ Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays was a after Man'en and before Genji. This period spanned the years from 1861 through 1864 This article is about the Japanese era named Genji (元治 For the clan name Genji (源氏 or the main character of the book The Tale of Genji, see Minamoto clan The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Alfred Stieglitz (January 1 1864 &ndash July 13 1946 was an American photographer who was instrumental over his fifty-year career in making Photography an acceptable 1946)
• January 1 - Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Qi Baishi ( also Ch'i Pai-shih) ( January 1, 1864 - September 16, 1957) was a Chinese painter 1957)
• January 8 - Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence (d. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Prince Albert Victor Duke of Clarence and Avondale (Albert Victor Christian Edward 8 January 1864 &ndash 14 January 1892 was a member of the British Royal Family. 1892)
• January 13 - Wilhelm Wien, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Wilhelm Carl Werner Otto Fritz Franz Wien ( German:) ( 13 January 1864 &ndash 30 August 1928) was a German physicist The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature 1928)
• January 24 - Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and feminist leader (d. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Marguerite Durand ( January 24, 1864 &ndash March 16, 1936) was a French stage actress journalist and a leading Suffragette 1936)
• February 7 - Arthur Collins, American Singer who recorded many early songs. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Arthur Francis Collins ( February 7, 1864 - August 3, 1933) was an American singer who recorded a significant amount of early records (d. 1933)
• March 4 - David W. Taylor, U. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Rear Admiral David Watson Taylor, USN ( 4 March 1864 &ndash 28 July 1940) was a Naval architect and Engineer of the S. Navy architect (d. 1940)
• March 12 - William Halse Rivers Rivers, English doctor (d. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving William Halse Rivers Rivers, FRCP, FRS, ( -) was an English Anthropologist, Neurologist, 1922)
• March 13 - Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian expressionist painter (d. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Alexej Georgewitsch von Jawlensky (?13 March 1864 &ndash 15 March 1941 was a Russian Expressionist painter active in Germany. 1941)
• March 14 - Casey Jones, American railway engineer (d. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. John Luther "Casey" Jones ( March 14, 1863 &ndash April 30, 1900) was an American Railroad engineer from 1900)
• March 15 - Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian composer (d. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Johan Halvorsen ( 15 March 1864 &ndash 4 December 1935) was a Norwegian Composer, conductor and Violinist 1935)
• March 19 - Charles Marion Russell, American artist (d. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Charles Marion Russell (March 19 1864 St Louis Missouri—October 24 1926 Great Falls Montana) also known as C 1926)
• April 21 - Max Weber, German sociologist (d. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Maximilian Carl Emil Weber (maks 'veːbɐ (21 April 1864 &ndash 14 June 1920 was a German political economist and sociologist who was considered 1920)
• May 4 - Marie Booth, the third daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Marian Billups Booth ( May 4, 1864 – January 5, 1937) better known as Marie Booth, was the third daughter of William William Booth ( April 10, 1829 &ndash August 20, 1912) was a British Methodist preacher who founded The Salvation Catherine Booth ( 17 January 1829 &ndash 4 October 1890) was the Mother of The Salvation Army. 1937)
• May 10 - Léon Gaumont, French film pioneer (d. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Léon Gaumont ( May 10, 1864 – August 9, 1946) was a French inventor engineer and industrialist who was a pioneer of the motion 1946)
• May 15 - Vilhelm Hammershøi, Danish painter (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Vilhelm Hammershøi ( May 15, 1864 &ndash February 13, 1916) was a painter born in Copenhagen, Denmark 1916)
• June 3 - Ransom E. Olds, automotive pioneer (d. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Ransom Eli Olds ( June 3, 1864 – August 26, 1950) was a pioneer of the American Automobile industry, for whom both the Oldsmobile 1950)
• June 11 - Richard Strauss, German composer (d. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 &ndash 8 September 1949 was a German Composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era particularly noted 1949)
• June 13 - Dwight B. Waldo, American educator and historian (d. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for Dr Dwight Bryant Waldo ( June 13 1864 – October 29 1939) was the first President of Western Michigan University (WMU in 1939)
• June 25 - Walther Nernst, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians Walther Hermann Nernst ( June 25, 1864 &ndash November 18, 1941) was a German Physicist who is known for his theories The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1941)

July - December

• July 11 - Petar Danov, Bulgarian spiritual teacher (d. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Peter Konstantinov Deunov ( Bulgarian Петър Константинов Дънов, pronounced kɔnstantinɔv dɤnɔv was a spiritual master and founder of 1944)
• July 12 - George Washington Carver, American botanist (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. George Washington Carver (January 1864 – January 5 1943 was an African American Scientist, Botanist, Educator, and Inventor 1943)
• July 13 - John Jacob Astor IV, American businessman and inventor (d. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to John Jacob Astor IV ( July 13, 1864 – April 15, 1912) was an American millionaire businessman real estate builder inventor writer 1912)
• July 20 - Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold Erik Axel Karlfeldt ( July 20, 1864 — April 8, 1931) was a Swedish Poet whose highly symbolist Poetry masquerading The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1931)
• July 23 - Apolinario Mabini, Filipino political theoretician and Prime Minister (d. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. 1903)
• August 9 - Roman Dmowski, Polish politician (d. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus Roman Dmowski ( August 9, 1864, Warsaw – January 2, 1939, Drozdowo, Poland) was a Polish 1939)
• September 14 - Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English politician and diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood CH, PC, QC ( 14 September 1864 &ndash 24 November The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1958)
• October 10 - T. Frank Appleby, United States Congressman from New Jersey (d. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Theodore Frank Appleby ( October 10, 1864 &ndash December 15, 1924) was an American Republican Party politician who represented 1924)
• October 25 - Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian composer (d. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Alexander Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (also commonly transliterated as Aleksandr/Alexandre Grechaninov/Gretchaninoff/Gretschaninow Александр Тихонович Гречанинов 1956)
• October 31 - Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Cosmo Gordon Lang 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth (31 October 1864 &ndash 5 December 1945 was a bishop in the Church of England. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the chief bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the 1945)
• November 11 - Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian writer and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Alfred Hermann Fried (November 11 1864 in Vienna, Austria - May 5 1921 in Vienna) was an Austrian Jewish pacifist publicist journalist The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1921)
• November 13 - Bishop James Cannon Jr, American religious and temperance movement leader (d. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Bishop James Cannon Jr ( 13 November 1864 &ndash 6 September 1944) was an American Bishop of the Methodist See also Prohibition, Teetotalism The Temperance Movement attempted to reduce the amount of Alcohol consumed within a community or society in 1944)
• November 16 - Stephane Javelle, French astronomer (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Stephane Javelle ( November 16, 1864 – August 3, 1917) was a French Astronomer. 1917)
• November 23 - Henry Bourne Joy, American business leader (d. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Henry Bourne Joy ( November 23, 1864 in Detroit Michigan - November 6, 1936) was President of the Packard Motor Car Company 1936)
• November 24 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter (d. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (ɑ̃ʁi dø tuluz loˈtʁɛk (24 November 1864 &ndash 9 September 1901 was a French painter, printmaker, draftsman 1901)
• November 26 - Edward Higgins, the 3rd General of The Salvation Army (d. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Edward John Higgins ( 26 November 1864 &ndash 14 December 1947) was the third General of The Salvation Army (1929-1934 The Salvation Army is a Christian charity and church that is internally organised like a military service. 1947)
• December 6 - William S. Hart, American film actor (d. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev William Surrey Hart ( December 6, 1864 &ndash June 23, 1946) was an American Silent film Actor, Screenwriter 1946)
• December 12 - Paul Elmer More, American critic and essayist (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Paul Elmer More ( December 12, 1864 &ndash March 9, 1937) was an American Journalist, critic Essayist and 1937)

See also Category: 1864 births. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Deaths

January - June

• January 13 - Stephen Foster, American composer (b. Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Stephen Collins Foster (July 4 1826 – January 13 1864 known as the "father of American music" was the pre-eminent Songwriter in the United States 1826)
• April 4 - Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (b. For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Joseph Pitty Couthouy ( 6 January 1808 &ndash 4 April 1864) was an American Naval officer, Conchologist, and 1808)
• May 2 - Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer (b. Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Giacomo Meyerbeer ( September 5, 1791 &ndash May 2, 1864) was a noted German -born Opera Composer, and 1791)
• May 9 - John Sedgwick, Union General, American Civil War (b. Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of John Sedgwick ( September 13, 1813 &ndash May 9, 1864) was a teacher a career military officer and a Union Army general in the 1813)
• May 12 - J.E.B. Stuart, Confederate Cavalry General, American Civil War
• May 19 - Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author (b. Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart ( February 6, 1833 &ndash May 12, 1864) was an American soldier from Virginia and a Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4 1804 – May 19 1864 was an American novelist and Short story writer 1804)
• June 1 - Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel (b. Year 1804 ( MDCCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Hóng Xiùquán ( January 1 1814 &ndash June 1 1864 born Hong Renkun (洪仁坤 Courtesy name Huoxiu (火秀 was a Hakka Chinese who 1812)
• June 14 - Patrick Kelly, US Army officer (in battle)
• June 15 - William E. Jones, Confederate general (in battle) (b. Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Patrick Kelly (ca 1822 &ndash June 14, 1864) was an Irish-American Union Army officer in during the American Civil War. Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history William Edmondson Jones, known as Grumble Jones, (1824 &ndash June 15, 1864) was a planter a career U 1824)

July - December

• September 3 - Emil Nobel, younger brother of Alfred Nobel (killed in an explosion)
• October 12 - Roger Taney, United States Supreme Court Justice (b. Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Immanuel Nobel (1801-1872 Swedish engineer architect inventor and industrialist (21 October 1833 Stockholm, Sweden – 10 December 1896 Sanremo, Italy) was a Swedish chemist engineer innovator armaments manufacturer Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Roger Brooke Taney ( "tawny" March 17, 1777 – October 12, 1864) was the twelfth United States Attorney General 1777)
• November 6 - Tuanku Imam Bonjol, Indonesian religious and military leader (b. Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Tuanku Imam Bonjol (1772 &ndash November 6, 1864) also known as Muhammad Syahab, Peto Syarif, and Malim Basa, was a hero in the 1772)
• November 30 - John Adams, (Confederate Army officer (in battle) (born 1825)
• December 1 - William L. Dayton - United States Minister to France (b. Year 1772 ( MDCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats John Adams ( July 1, 1825 &ndash November 30, 1864) was an officer in the United States Army. Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican William Lewis Dayton ( February 17, 1807 &ndash December 1, 1864) was an American politician 1807)
• December 8 - George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (b. Year 1807 ( MDCCCVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. George Boole (buːl ( November 2, 1815 &ndash December 8, 1864) was a British Mathematician and Philosopher. Nov. 2 1815)
• December 21 - Archduke Louis of Austria (born 1784)
• Jakob Walter, stonemason and common draftee (b. Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Archduke Louis Joseph Anton Johann Prince Imperial of Austria Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia and Prince of Tuscany ( 13 December 1784 – 21 December Year 1784 ( MDCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Jakob Walter ( September 28, 1788 &ndash August 3, 1864) was a German soldier and chronicler of the Napoleonic Wars. The craft of stonemasonry has existed since the dawn of Civilization - creating Buildings structures and Sculpture using stone from the earth 1788). Year 1788 ( MDCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap

References

1. ^ Claus Bjørn & Carsten Due-Nielsen, Dansk Udenrigspolitiks Historie, 2nd edition, vol. III "Fra Helstat til Nationalstat" 1814-1914, Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 2006, pages 238-39 (Danish)
2. ^ Meyers Konversationslexikon, 4th edition, entry: Deutsch-Dänischer Krieg von 1864 (German)

See also Category: 1864 deaths. Meyers Konversations-Lexikon was a major German Encyclopedia that existed in various editions from 1839 until 1984 when it merged with the Brockhaus

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