Historical Events In 1864

Oct 31   Nevada admitted as 36th state in the year 1864.  

Nov 01   -Dec) Tennessee campaign in the year 1864.  

Nov 03   Antonio Goncalves Dias, Brazilian national poet, dies at sea on this day in history.  

Nov 04   In the year 1864 confederate assault on Johnsonville, Tennessee  

Nov 04   HMS Racehorse in the China Seas. The wreck of this ship, with the loss of a hundred lives, near Chefoo, at the southern entrance of the gulf of Pecheli, the Racehorse, 4, screw gun vessel, 200 horse power, and 695 tons, was built for the Admiralty by Messrs. Wigram and Co., in the year 1864.  

Nov 06   Battle of Cane Hill, AK on this day in history.  

Nov 07   2nd session of congress of Confederate States of America reconvenes on this day in history.  

Nov 08   On this day in history abraham Lincoln (R) elected to his 2nd term as president  

Nov 08   Abraham Lincoln elected to his 2nd term as President in the year 1864.  

Nov 09   On this day in history 1st export of goods from Burrard Inlet, BC to a foreign country  

Nov 09   The first export of goods from Burrard Inlet, B.C.on Canada's West Coast to a foreign country on this day in history.  

Nov 10   On this day in history alexandre Levy, composer  

Nov 10   On this day in history austrian Archduke Maximilian became emperor of Mexico  

Nov 10   Kingston, GA burned during Sherman's March to Sea in the year 1864.  

Nov 11   Alfred Hermann Fried, Germany, pacifist (Nobel 1911) on this day in history.  

Nov 11   Sherman's troops destroy Rome, Georgia in the year 1864.  

Nov 13   The new Constitution of Greece is adopted in the year 1864.  

Nov 15   1st US mines school opens in basement of Columbia University, NY in the year 1864.  

Nov 15   Sherman burns Atlanta in the year 1864.  

Nov 16   In the year 1864 confederate retreat at Lovejoy, Georgia  

Nov 16   On this day in history general William T. Sherman and his Union army troops begin their March to the Sea during the American Civil War.  

Nov 19   George Barbier, Phila, actor (Tarzan's Revenge, Wife vs Secretary) in the year 1864.  

Nov 20   In the year 1864 gerard W Kernkamp, Dutch historian/editor (Groene Amsterdammer)  

Nov 21   -22] Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia on this day in history.  

Nov 22   Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia, ends after 650 casualties on this day in history.  

Nov 23   On this day in history -25] Battle at Ball's Ferry Georgia (30 casualties)  

Nov 24   In the year 1864 henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, France, painter (At the Moulin Rouge)  

Nov 25   Confederate plot to burn NYC, fails in the year 1864.  

Nov 26   On this day in history confederate troops vacate Sandersville Georgia  

Nov 26   On this day in history herman Gorter, Dutch socialist/poet (May, Tiny Hero's Poem)  

Nov 27   In the year 1864 2nd day of Battles at Waynesboro, Georgia  

Nov 28   On this day in history 3rd day of Battles at Waynesboro/Jones's Plantation, Georgia  

Nov 28   Carel A Lion Cachet, lithographer/wood carver on this day in history.  

Nov 29   In the year 1864 1,200 American troops attack a camp of Cheyenne and Arapho indians who had surrended  

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Jan 01   Alfred Stieglitz, US photographer/art dealer (Camera Work) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   In the year 1864 birth of bob Caruthers, American baseball player (d. 1911)  

Jan 06   Ban Johnson, Norwalk Ct, baseball founder (American League) was born in the year 1864.  

Jan 08   Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (d. 1892) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician (d. 1926)  

Jan 10   George Washington Carver, agricultural scientist [or Jul 12] was born in the year 1864.  

Jan 10   Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia, son of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of thomas Dixon, US attorney/playwright (Flaming Sword)  

Jan 04   In the year 1864 mateo Ferrer, composer, dies at 75  

Jan 07   Caleb Blood Smith, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808) died on this day in history.  

Jan 08   On this day in history victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen, composer, dies at 83  

Jan 13   Stephen Foster, composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies at 37 in NY in the year 1864.  

Jan 15   Isaac Nathan, UK-Australian composer (b. 1792) died on this day in history.  

Jan 16   Anton Schindler, German violinist/biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68 in the year 1864.  

Jan 23   In the year 1864 michele Puccini, composer, dies at 50  

Jan 24   Otto Jonas Lindblad, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.