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Born :02/19/1864Airius S Talma, Dutch minister of building (Work Law of 1911)
Born :09/27/1864Alexander Cohen, anarchist/author
Born :10/25/1864Alexander T Gretsjaninow, Russ/US composer (Snow White)
Born :11/11/1864Alfred Hermann Fried, Germany, pacifist (Nobel 1911)
Born :01/01/1864Alfred Stieglitz, father of modern photography
Born :06/14/1864Alois Alzheimer, Germany, psychiatrist/pathologist (Alzheimer Disease)
Born :07/24/1864B[enjamin] Frank[lin] Wedekind, German writer (Lulu)
Born :01/06/1864Ban Johnson, Norwalk Ct, baseball founder (American League)
Born :09/28/1864Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch)
Born :11/28/1864Carel A Lion Cachet, lithograph/wood carver
Born :05/19/1864Carl Ethan Akeley, US, naturalist, devoleped animal mount process
Born :03/14/1864Casey Jones, RR engineer
Born :08/23/1864Eleftherios K Venizalos, premier of Greece (1910-15, 28-32)
Born :10/17/1864Elinor Glyn, British novelist (3 Weeks)
Born :07/20/1864Erik Karlfeldt, Sweden, poet (Nobel 1918-refused; 1931-posthumous)
Born :07/21/1864Frances Folsom Cleveland, 1st lady (1885-89, 93-97)
Born :01/16/1864Frank Bacon, actor/author (Lightnin)
Born :07/09/1864Franz Miller, becomes first Train Murderer
Born :03/30/1864Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist/politician
Born :04/30/1864French Netscher, writer/journalist (Studies of nude model)
Born :07/12/1864George Washington Carver, studied the peanut
Born :11/20/1864Gerard W Kerncamp, historian/head (Green Amsterdam)
Born :11/24/1864Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, France, painter (At the Moulin Rouge)
Born :08/08/1864Henri de Vries, [Hendricus van Walterop], actor
Born :12/03/1864Herman He˜ermans Jr, writer (Kamertjeszonde, Diamond City)
Born :06/22/1864Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician
Born :02/14/1864Israel Zangwill, England, Jewish author/Zionist (Children of Ghetto)
Born :05/18/1864John P Veth, painter/etcher/lithographer/art historian
Born :02/22/1864Jules Renard, France, writer (Carrots)
Born :03/18/1864Karl M Lybeck, Finnish/Swedish language poet (Samlade Arbeten)
Born :09/14/1864Lord Cecil of Chelwood, UK, help form League of Nations (Nobel 1937)
Born :10/05/1864Louis Lumire, with brother Auguste made 1st motion picture in 1895
Born :09/22/1864Louis Van Deyssel, writer (Small Republic, One Love)
Born :01/17/1864Lucien Herr, France, scientist (Corresp entre Schiller et Schiller)
Born :04/01/1864Marie Jungius, fairy tale writer
Born :07/15/1864Marie Tempest, [Marie Susan Etherington], actress (Yellow Sands)
Born :10/14/1864Maurice de Plessys, French poet (Palace Occidental)
Born :04/21/1864Max Weber, German sociologist/economist/historian (Ancient Judaism)
Born :09/29/1864Miguel the Unamuno Jugo, Spanish philosopher/poet (Ensayos/Teatro)
Born :06/04/1864Nassau William Senior, British economist
Born :06/29/1864Pietro Bonfante, Italian lawyer (Roman right)
Born :06/03/1864Ransom Eli Olds, auto (Oldsmobile) & truck (REO) manufacturer
Born :06/11/1864Richard G Strauss, Mnchen Germany, composer (Till Eulenspiegel)
Born :04/18/1864Richard Harding Davis, US, journalist/author (In The Fig)
Born :09/14/1864Robert Cecil, viscount of Chelwood
Born :02/14/1864Robert E Park, US, sociologist (human ecology, marginal man)
Born :02/14/1864Robert E Park, US, sociologist (human ecology/marginale mens)
Born :09/01/1864Roger David Casement, Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916)
Born :06/25/1864Walther Hermann Nernst, Prussian physical chemist (Nobel 1920)
Born :01/13/1864Wilhelm K W Wien, German phyicist (Nobel 1911)
Born :01/08/1864William Wilkie Collins, England, novelist (The Moonstone)




Died :03/17/1864Alexandre Calamo, Swiss painter/etcher/lithograph, dies at 53
Died :11/03/1864Ant“nio Gon‡alves Dias, Brazilian national poet, dies at sea
Died :06/05/1864Gen William E "Grumble" Jones, killed at Piedmont
Died :05/12/1864J E B Stuart, Confederate General, dies at 31
Died :05/20/1864John Clare, English poet (Little Trotty Wagtail), dies at 70
Died :02/22/1864Jules Renard, French writer (Poil the Carotte), dies
Died :05/16/1864Lean Bear, Cheyenne chief, murdered
Died :03/10/1864Maximilian II Jozef, King of Bayern (1848-64), dies at 52
Died :05/19/1864Nathaniel Hawthorne, US, writer (Scarlet Letter), dies
Died :11/29/1864One-Eye, Cheyenne-chief, dies
Died :10/12/1864Roger Taney, 5th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1836-64), dies at 87
Died :01/13/1864Stephen Foster, composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies in NY hospital
Died :03/04/1864Thomas Starr King, Unitarian clergyman (Christianity & Humanity)
Died :09/17/1864Walter Savage Landor, author, dies
Interest:10/04/1864[Luth] Commemoration of Theodor Fliedner, renewer of society




Special :09/28/1864-30) Battle of Fort Harrison VA (Chaffin's Farm New Market Heights)
Special :12/20/1864-Dec 27th) Battle of Ft Fisher, NC
Special :11/01/1864-Dec) Tennessee campaign
Special :02/24/1864-Feb 25th) Battle of Tunnel Hill, GA (Buzzard's Roost)
Special :02/01/1864-Feb 8th) Battle of Yazoo River, MS
Special :02/28/1864-Mar 4th) Raid at Kilpatrick's Richmond
Special :06/01/1864-Nov) Shenanoah Valley campaign
Special :10/07/1864-Oct 13th) Battle of Darbytown Road, VA
Special :02/02/1864-Oct 7th) Cruise of CSS Florida
Special :02/21/18641st US Catholic parish church for blacks dedicated, Baltimore
Special :11/15/18641st US mines school opens in basement of Columbia University, NY
Special :11/09/18641st export of goods from Burrard Inlet, BC to a foreign country
Special :03/05/18641st track meet between Oxford & Cambridge
Special :02/04/186424th Amendment abolishes Poll tax
Special :08/02/18642nd Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens
Special :11/07/18642nd session of congress of Confederate States of America reconvenes
Special :06/11/1864300' (90 m) of Meigg's Wharf washed away in storm
Special :09/19/18643rd Battle of Winchester Virginia (Opequon, 3rd Winchester)
Special :06/07/1864Abe Lincoln renominated for Pres by Republican Party
Special :11/08/1864Abraham Lincoln (R) elected to his 2nd term as president
Special :10/19/1864Approx 25 Confederates make surprise attack on St Albans, Vermont
Special :11/27/1864Asteroid 82, Alkmene discovered (named for mother of Hercules)
Special :06/18/1864At Petersburg, Grant ends 4 days of assaults
Special :05/05/1864Atlanta Campaign-5 days fighting begins at Rocky Face Ridge
Special :07/28/1864Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Ezra Church
Special :08/31/1864Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Jonesborough
Special :06/27/1864Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Kennesaw Mountain GA
Special :05/13/1864Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Resaca [or 0515]
Special :05/08/1864Atlanta Campaign: Sever fighting near Dalton
Special :05/01/1864Atlanta campaign, GA
Special :11/10/1864Austrian Archduke Maximilian became emperor of Mexico
Special :04/10/1864Austrian Archduke Maximilian becomes emperor of M‚xico
Special :08/21/1864BBT Charleston, SC [->DEC 31]
Special :06/15/1864Battle for Petersburg begins as Gen Grant assaults Confederate line
Special :05/17/1864Battle of Adairsville Georgia, Union forces Confederates to retreat
Special :10/05/1864Battle of Allatoona, 1/3 of Union troops die repulsing the South
Special :05/08/1864Battle of Antietam, VA (Spotslyvania Court House, Laurel Hill)
Special :09/23/1864Battle of Athens VA
Special :07/28/1864Battle of Atlanta, GA (Ezra Church) -second sortie US700 CS4642
Special :07/20/1864Battle of Atlanta, GA (Peachtree Creek, Chattahoochie River) -Atlanta-
Special :05/16/1864Battle of Bermuda Hundred, VA
Special :09/03/1864Battle of Berryville, VA
Special :05/30/1864Battle of Bethesda Church VA
Special :06/09/1864Battle of Big Shanty, GA
Special :04/12/1864Battle of Blair's Landing LA
Special :10/27/1864Battle of Boydton Plank Road, VA (Burgess' Mill, Southside Railroad)
Special :11/06/1864Battle of Cane Hill, AK
Special :04/23/1864Battle of Cane River, LA (Red River Expedition, Monett's Ferry)
Special :10/19/1864Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, Union beats back Conf attackers
Special :09/27/1864Battle of Centralia MO
Special :07/30/1864Battle of Chambersburg, PA - burned by Union forces under McCausland
Special :07/06/1864Battle of Chattahoochee River, GA [->JUL 10] US730 CS600
Special :07/03/1864Battle of Chattahoochie River, GA [until Jul 9]
Special :05/09/1864Battle of Cloyd's Mt, & Swift Creek, VA (Drewery's Bluff, Ft Darling)
Special :09/16/1864Battle of Coggin's Point, VA (Graet Cattle Road)
Special :06/03/1864Battle of Cold Harbour continues
Special :06/02/1864Battle of Cold Harbour, Day 2
Special :06/01/1864Battle of Cold Harbour, VA (Gaines' Mill, Gaines' Farm)
Special :01/14/1864Battle of Cosby Creek, TN
Special :05/23/1864Battle of Dallas, GA
Special :05/09/1864Battle of Dalton, GA
Special :10/13/1864Battle of Dalton, GA - surrendered
Special :08/13/1864Battle of Deep Bottom VA (Strawberry Plains) & Fussell's Mill VA
Special :12/06/1864Battle of Deveaux's Neck, SC
Special :05/12/1864Battle of Drewry's Bluff, VA (Ft Darling)
Special :11/06/1864Battle of Droop Mountain, WV (Averell's Raid)
Special :12/28/1864Battle of Egypt Station, MS
Special :01/27/1864Battle of Fair Gardens, TN
Special :10/27/1864Battle of Fair Oaks, Va near Richmont
Special :09/22/1864Battle of Fisher's Hill VA-Gen Early Retreats to Brown's Gap
Special :07/11/1864Battle of Fort Stevens, DC (Early's Raid, Tennallytown, MD)
Special :12/17/1864Battle of Franklin, TN
Special :11/30/1864Battle of Franklin, Tennessee
Special :08/16/1864Battle of Front Royal VA (Guard Hill)
Special :12/13/1864Battle of Ft McAllister, GA
Special :08/09/1864Battle of Ft Morgan AL
Special :12/24/1864Battle of Gordonsville, VA
Special :08/21/1864Battle of Grubbs Crossroads, KY
Special :10/13/1864Battle of Harpers Ferry, WV (Mosby's Raid)
Special :11/30/1864Battle of Honey Hill, SC (Broad River)
Special :04/30/1864Battle of Jenkin's Ferry, Arkansas; Gen W R Scurry is killed
Special :06/10/1864Battle of Kellar's Bridge KY (Licking River)
Special :06/09/1864Battle of Kenesaw Mountain, GA (Pine Mt, Pine Knob, Golgotha)
Special :06/20/1864Battle of Kinston NC & Battle of Abingdon VA
Special :06/06/1864Battle of Lake Chicot, AR (Dutch Bayou)
Special :06/11/1864Battle of Laurel Hill, WV
Special :06/16/1864Battle of Lynchburg VA
Special :07/29/1864Battle of Macon, GA (Stoneman's Raid)
Special :04/08/1864Battle of Mansfield, La Federals routed by Gen Richard Taylor
Special :10/25/1864Battle of Marais Des Cygnes River, MO (Mine Creek)
Special :04/25/1864Battle of Marks' Mill, Arkansas (Camden Expedition)
Special :09/18/1864Battle of Martinsburg WV
Special :08/03/1864Battle of Mobile AL
Special :08/05/1864Battle of Mobile Bay Al-Farragut is given rank of vice-admiral
Special :02/16/1864Battle of Mobile, AL - operations by Union Army
Special :07/09/1864Battle of Monocacy, MD US1959 CS400
Special :01/29/1864Battle of Moorefield, WV (Rosser's Raid)
Special :05/22/1864Battle of N Anna River, VA (Totopotamy River, Haw's Shop, Hanovertown)
Special :12/16/1864Battle of Nashville
Special :12/15/1864Battle of Nashville, TN
Special :11/28/1864Battle of New Creek, WV (Rosser's Raid, Ft Kelly)
Special :05/25/1864Battle of New Hope Church, GA
Special :05/15/1864Battle of New Market, Virginia
Special :10/27/1864Battle of Newtonia, MI
Special :05/23/1864Battle of North Anna, Va, 1st of 3 days of fighting
Special :02/22/1864Battle of Okolona, MS
Special :03/25/1864Battle of Paducah, KY (Forrest's raid)
Special :09/01/1864Battle of Petersburg VA
Special :08/01/1864Battle of Petersburg, VA
Special :07/01/1864Battle of Petersburg, VA [->JUL 31] -front US3695 CS---
Special :06/20/1864Battle of Petersburgs VA - in trenches
Special :06/05/1864Battle of Piedmont, VA (Augusta City)
Special :09/24/1864Battle of Pilot Knob MO
Special :06/14/1864Battle of Pine Mt, Gen Leonidas Polk killed in action
Special :04/09/1864Battle of Pleasant Hill LA
Special :04/17/1864Battle of Plymouth, NC
Special :04/18/1864Battle of Poison Springs, AR (Camden Expedition)
Special :05/06/1864Battle of Port Walthall Junction, VA
Special :05/19/1864Battle of Port Walthall Junction, VA (Bermuda Hundred)
Special :09/30/1864Battle of Preble's Farm VA (Poplar Springs Church)
Special :06/22/1864Battle of Ream's Station, VA (Wilson's Raid)
Special :05/15/1864Battle of Resaca, Georgia (or 05/13)
Special :05/14/1864Battle of Reseca, GA -Atlanta-
Special :10/02/1864Battle of Saltville, VA
Special :07/05/1864Battle of Smith's Expedition, MS (Tupelo, Harrisburg)
Special :05/12/1864Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia
Special :11/29/1864Battle of Spring Hill, TN (Thomason's Station)
Special :08/21/1864Battle of Summit Point, VA
Special :05/12/1864Battle of Todd's Tavern, VA (Sheridan's Raid)
Special :06/11/1864Battle of Trevillian Station, VA (Central Railroad)
Special :10/28/1864Battle of Wauhatchie, TN
Special :09/29/1864Battle of Waynesboro & New Market Heights VA
Special :06/10/1864Battle of Waynesboro VA
Special :12/04/1864Battle of Waynesborough, GA
Special :10/21/1864Battle of Westport, MO (Kansas City)
Special :10/23/1864Battle of Westport, Missouri
Special :05/07/1864Battle of Wilderness ends (total losses: USA-17,666; CSA-7,500)
Special :05/05/1864Battle of Wilderness, VA (Germanna Ford, Wilderness Tavern)
Special :05/06/1864Battle of Wilderness-Gen Longstreet seriously injured
Special :07/19/1864Battle of Winchester, VA (Stephenson's Depot) [->JUL 20]
Special :07/24/1864Battle of Winchester, VA US1200 CS600
Special :07/23/1864Battle of Woodstock, VA
Special :05/18/1864Battle of Yellow Bayou, LA (Bayou de Glaize, Old Oaks)
Special :05/11/1864Battle of Yellow Tavern, VA (Sheridan's Raid, South Anna Bridge)
Special :04/17/1864Bread revolt in Savannah, Georgia
Special :09/04/1864Bread riots in Mobile, Alabama
Special :05/12/1864Butler attacks Drewry's Bluff on James River
Special :07/17/1864CSA President Davis replaces Gen Joe Johnston with John Bell Hood
Special :06/19/1864CSS "Alabama" sunk by USS "Kearsarge" off Cherbourg, France
Special :02/17/1864CSS "HL Hunley" becomes 1st submarine to sink an enemy ship
Special :05/05/1864Campaign in Northern Georgia - Chattanooga GA to Atlanta GA
Special :02/20/1864Civil War battle of Olustee, Florida
Special :01/27/1864Civil War skirmish at Kelly's Ford, Va
Special :11/29/1864Colorado militia kills 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians
Special :08/25/1864Combination rail & ferry service available from SF to Alameda
Special :04/12/1864Confederate Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Fort Pillow, Tn
Special :07/11/1864Confederate forces led by Gen J Early begin invasion of Wash DC
Special :11/25/1864Confederate plot to burn NYC, fails
Special :06/14/1864Congress rules Black soldiers must receive equal pay
Special :03/18/1864Dale Dike on Humber River crumbles drowning some 240
Special :09/30/1864E W Tempel discovers asteroid #81 Terpsichore
Special :07/13/1864Early retreats from Washington City back to Shenandoah Valley
Special :03/23/1864Encounter at Camden AR
Special :08/23/1864Fall of Ft Morgan at Mobile AL
Special :02/05/1864Federals occupy Jackson, Mississippi
Special :12/29/1864Fire Dept celebrates 1st annual ball
Special :05/21/1864GEN David Hunter takes command of Dept of West Virginia
Special :07/02/1864GEN Early reaches Winchester en route for Washington DC.
Special :07/02/1864Gen Early & Confederate forces reach Winchester
Special :05/11/1864Gen J.E.B. Stuart is mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern
Special :12/21/1864Gen Sherman conquers Savannah
Special :06/17/1864General John B Hood replaces General Johnston
Special :01/17/1864General Longstreet's command ends heavy fighting at Dandridgem TN
Special :01/14/1864General Sherman begins his march to the South
Special :08/22/1864Geneva Convention signed by 12 nations
Special :06/29/1864Grand Trunk Railway accident; 100 killed
Special :09/17/1864Grant approves Sheridan's plan for Shenandoah Valley Campaign
Special :03/10/1864Grant is named commander of the Union armies
Special :04/17/1864Grant suspends prisoner-of-war exchanges
Special :07/03/1864Harpers Ferry, WV - Federals evacuate in face of Early's advance
Special :01/16/1864Heavy fighting takes place near Dandridge, Tennessee
Special :10/30/1864Helena, Montana's capital, founded
Special :05/08/1864Initial fighting at Spotslyvania Court House
Special :08/22/1864International Red Cross forms
Special :09/24/1864Invasion of MO by Price
Special :11/10/1864Kingston, GA burned during Sherman's March to Sea
Special :02/19/1864Knights of Pythias form 1st lodge in Washington, DC
Special :08/04/1864Land & naval action new Brazos Santiago, Texas
Special :05/19/1864Last engagement in series of battles known as Spotsylvania
Special :06/12/1864Lee sends Early into Shenandoah Valley
Special :10/20/1864Lincoln formaly establishes Thanksgiving as a natl holiday
Special :03/01/1864Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built)
Special :10/13/1864Maryland voters adopt new constitution, including abolition of slavery
Special :02/13/1864Miridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek & Wyatt, Mississippi
Special :10/05/1864Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone (approx 60,000 die)
Special :05/29/1864M‚xican Emperor Maximilian arrives at Vera Cruz
Special :05/02/1864N R Pogson discovers asteroid #80 Sappho
Special :10/04/1864National black convention meets (Syracuse NY)
Special :10/07/1864Naval Engagement at Bahia Harbor Brazil-CSS Florida vs USS Wachusett
Special :04/19/1864Naval Engagement at Cherbourg, FR: USS Kearsage vs CSS Alabama
Special :11/04/1864Naval Engagement at Reynoldsburg Island
Special :02/27/1864Near Andersonville GA, rebels open a new POW camp "Camp Sumpter"
Special :10/31/1864Nevada admitted as 36th state
Special :10/04/1864New Orleans Tribune, first black daily newspaper, forms
Special :04/30/1864New York becomes 1st state to charge a hunting license fee
Special :08/15/1864Off New England coast, CSS Tallahassee captures 6 yankee schooners
Special :03/19/1864Opera "Mireille" is produced (Paris)
Special :07/30/1864Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Crater
Special :08/25/1864Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Ream's Station
Special :08/18/1864Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Weldon Railroad day 1 of 3 days
Special :06/25/1864Petersburg Campaign-Federals begin digging tunnels under Reb lines
Special :12/08/1864Pope Pius IX publishes encyclical Quanta cura ("Syllabus errorum")
Special :07/17/1864President Davis replaces GEN Joe Johnston with John Bell Hood
Special :11/27/1864R Luther discovers asteroid #82 Alkmene
Special :05/31/1864Raid at Morgan's Kentucky
Special :12/01/1864Raid at Stoneman: Knoxville, TN to Saltville, VA
Special :12/15/1864Raid on Stoneman: Abingdon & Glade Springs, VA
Special :03/01/1864Rebecca Lee becomes 1st black woman MD in US
Special :08/06/1864Rebels evacuate Ft Powell, Mobile Bayd
Special :08/08/1864Red Cross forms in Geneva
Special :03/15/1864Red River Campaign-Union forces reach Alexandria, LA
Special :03/10/1864Red River campaign LA
Special :07/26/1864Riot at McCook's: to Lovejoy Station, GA [->JUL 31] US600 CS---
Special :07/26/1864Riot at Stoneman's: to Macon, GA [->JUL 31] US1000 CS---
Special :06/15/1864Robert E Lee's home area (Arlington, VA) becomes a miltary cemetery
Special :12/04/1864Romanian Jews are forbidden to practice law
Special :07/07/1864S Middleton, MD -Early's Washington Raid-
Special :10/27/1864Seige of Petersburg, VA
Special :09/22/1864Sheridan sets up camp in Harrisonburg VA
Special :11/15/1864Sherman burns Atlanta
Special :11/09/1864Sherman issues preliminary plans for his "March to the Sea"
Special :12/10/1864Sherman reaches Savannah & 12 day siege begins
Special :02/03/1864Sherman's march through Mississippi
Special :11/11/1864Sherman's troops destroy Rome, Georgia
Special :05/09/1864Ship battle at Helgoland, Austria-Denmark
Special :06/16/1864Siege of Petersburg & Richmond begins
Special :09/01/1864Skirmish at Hood evacuated confederates from Atlanta GA
Special :10/25/1864Skirmish at Mine Creek, KS & Turkeytown, AL
Special :11/11/1864Skirmish at Shoal Creek, AL
Special :10/11/1864Slavery abolished in Maryland
Special :08/05/1864Spectrum of a comet observed for 1st time, by Giovanni Donati
Special :07/02/1864Statuary Hall in US Capitol established
Special :05/26/1864Territory of Montana organized
Special :04/22/1864US mints 2› coin (1st appearance of "In God We Trust")
Special :05/04/1864Ulysses S Grant crosses Rapidan & begins his duel with Robert E Lee
Special :03/09/1864Ulysses S Grant is appointed commander of Union Army
Special :07/31/1864Ulysses S. Grant is named General of Volunteers
Special :10/23/1864Union Gen Samuel R Curtis defeats Conf Gen Stirling Price
Special :11/16/1864Union Gen William T Sherman begins march to sea during Civil War
Special :09/02/1864Union General William T Sherman captures Atlanta
Special :10/26/1864Union troops ambush & kill 'Bloody' Bill Anderson in Richmond MI
Special :04/15/1864Vice-pres Andrew Johnson inaugurated as president of US
Special :05/01/1864Wilderness campaign
Special :08/29/1864William Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae

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