Historical Events In 1864

Oct 31   Nevada admitted as 36th state on this day in history.  

Nov 01   -Dec) Tennessee campaign on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history 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.,  

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

Nov 07   In the year 1864 2nd session of congress of Confederate States of America reconvenes  

Nov 08   Abraham Lincoln (R) elected to his 2nd term as president on this day in history.  

Nov 08   On this day in history abraham Lincoln elected to his 2nd term as President  

Nov 09   In the year 1864 1st export of goods from Burrard Inlet, BC to a foreign country  

Nov 09   In the year 1864 the first export of goods from Burrard Inlet, B.C.on Canada's West Coast to a foreign country  

Nov 10   Alexandre Levy, composer on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Nov 11   In the year 1864 alfred Hermann Fried, Germany, pacifist (Nobel 1911)  

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

Nov 13   The new Constitution of Greece is adopted on this day in history.  

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

Nov 15   On this day in history sherman burns Atlanta  

Nov 16   Confederate retreat at Lovejoy, Georgia in the year 1864.  

Nov 16   In the year 1864 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) on this day in history.  

Nov 20   On this day in history gerard W Kernkamp, Dutch historian/editor (Groene Amsterdammer)  

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

Nov 22   In the year 1864 battle at Griswoldville, Georgia, ends after 650 casualties  

Nov 23   In the year 1864 -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 on this day in history.  

Nov 26   In the year 1864 confederate troops vacate Sandersville Georgia  

Nov 26   Herman Gorter, Dutch socialist/poet (May, Tiny Hero's Poem) in the year 1864.  

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

Nov 28   In the year 1864 3rd day of Battles at Waynesboro/Jones's Plantation, Georgia  

Nov 28   In the year 1864 carel A Lion Cachet, lithographer/wood carver  

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

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of alfred Stieglitz, US photographer/art dealer (Camera Work)  

Jan 05   Bob Caruthers, American baseball player (d. 1911) was born in the year 1864.  

Jan 06   Ban Johnson, Norwalk Ct, baseball founder (American League) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 08   Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (d. 1892) was born in the year 1864.  

Jan 09   In the year 1864 birth of vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician (d. 1926)  

Jan 10   In the year 1864 birth of george Washington Carver, agricultural scientist [or Jul 12]  

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   Mateo Ferrer, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1864.  

Jan 07   On this day in history death of caleb Blood Smith, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808)  

Jan 08   In the year 1864 victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen, composer, dies at 83  

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

Jan 15   In the year 1864 death of isaac Nathan, UK-Australian composer (b. 1792)  

Jan 16   In the year 1864 anton Schindler, German violinist/biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68  

Jan 23   Michele Puccini, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

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