1864

Year 1864 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 12-day slower ).

January - March

 * - Denmark rejects a Prussian-Austrian ultimatum to repeal the Danish constitution.
 * - : The starts.
 * - Danish-Prussian War : 57.000 Austrian and Prussian troops cross to.
 * - : The tiny    the, becoming the first to sink an enemy ship. The sub and her crew of eight are also lost and are not to found again until  by shipwreck expert , but due to being unable to relocate her, the claim is often tragically ignored, she was then rediscovered in  within yards of Spence's claim by a separate expedition team.
 * - : The first Northern prisoners arrive at the prison at . The number of prisoners who arrived was 500 who had left Richmond Virginia 7 days before.
 * - takes office as
 * - : The begins as Union troops reach.
 * - A near  ; 250 dead

April - June

 * - Danish-Prussian War : . 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.
 * - The passes the  which mandates that the inscription "In God We Trust" be placed on all coins minted as.
 * - : The begins in.
 * - : The, under General , breaks off from the  and moves southwards.
 * - : - Confederate General  is mortally wounded at.
 * - : : The "Bloody Angle" - thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers die.
 * - : - the  begins with Union General  fighting toward.
 * - :, - Students from the  fight alongside the Confederate Army to force Union General  out of the.
 * - - New York World and the New York Journal of Commerce publish a fake proclamation that president  has issued a draft of 400,000 more soldiers
 * - : - In the Virginia,  10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory
 * - is organized as a  out of parts of Washington Territory and Dakota Territory, and is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.
 * - : - Union forces under General  defeat a Confederate army at, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.
 * - : - Confederate troops under  defeat a much larger Union force led by General  in.
 * - : : - General Ulysses S. Grant pulls his troops from their positions at and moves south.
 * is established when 200 acres (0.8 km²) of the grounds of Robert E. Lee's home are officially set-aside as a military  by U.S. Secretary of War.
 * begins - Union forces under General Grant and troops led by Confederate General battle for the last time.
 * - : The ends.
 * - : The ends.



July - September

 * - President Lincoln issues a true proclamation of conscription of 500.000 men for the US Civil War
 * - : - Near, Confederate forces led by General  unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General.
 * - : - Outside of Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate General Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General Sherman on Bald Hill.
 * - : - Confederate General  defeats Union troops led by General  in an effort to keep the Yankees out of the Shenandoah Valley.
 * - : begins - Confederate troops led by General Hood make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces under General Sherman from Atlanta, Georgia.
 * - : Confederate spy is arrested by Union troops and detained at the  in.
 * - : - Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.
 * - Foundation of in.
 * - : begins - At  near, Admiral  leads a Union flotilla through  defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports.
 * - The first shop opens in.
 * - : - Forces under Union   try to cut a vital  supply-line into, by attacking the , forcing the  to use wagons.
 * - ; is founded.
 * - : forces led by   launch an assault on.
 * Confederate General Hood evacuates Atlanta after a four month siege mounted by Union General Sherman.
 * - Delegates from the Canadian colonies meet at the to discuss.
 * - : Union forces under General Sherman enter Atlanta a day after the Confederate defenders fled the city.
 * - : Atlanta, Georgia is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.
 * - : Atlanta, Georgia is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.

October - December

 * - : - Union forces  attack  but are defeated by Confederate troops.
 * – kills 70,000 in ,
 * - :  - Union cavalrymen in the Shenandoah Valley defeat Confederate forces at.
 * - : ends - Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant withdraw from, after failing to breach the Confederate defenses around.
 * concluded. renounces all claim to,  and , which come under n and n administration.
 * is founded after four s, the so-called "Four Georgians" discover at "Last Chance Gulch;" it was their last and agreed final attempt at weeks of trying to find gold in the northern Rockies.
 * - is admitted as the 36th.
 * - : - At, troops under the command of Confederate General  bombard a Union supply base with artillery and destroy millions of dollars in materiel.
 * - Capital of is moved from  to ;  declares the move illegal and proposes.
 * - : is reelected in an overwhelming victory over.
 * - : begins - Union General Sherman burns Atlanta and starts to move south, causing extensive devastation to crops and mills and living off the land.
 * - is launched in.
 * - : Sherman's March to the Sea: Confederate General John Bell Hood invades in an unsuccessful attempt to draw Union General Sherman from Georgia.
 * - : A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down.
 * - : -  volunteers led by Colonel  massacre at least 400  and  noncombatants at  (where they had been given permission to camp).
 * - : -  volunteers led by Colonel  massacre at least 400  and  noncombatants at  (where they had been given permission to camp).
 * - : - The  led by General Hood mounts a dramatically unsuccessful frontal assault on Union positions around  (Hood lost six generals and almost a third of his troops).


 * - : Sherman's March to the Sea - At, forces under Union General prevent troops led by Confederate General  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).
 * -16 - : Union forces decisively defeat the Confederate Army of Tennessee at the

Undated

 * Imperial forces assault the capital of  in the last great battle of the civil war.
 * discovers s
 * : condemns theological liberalism as an error and claims for the supremacy of Roman Catholic Church authority over the civil society. He also condemns  and
 * declares independence
 * invades in support of .  attacks Brazil.
 * publishes first edition of . It goes on to become the major annual cricket publication.
 * travels from to the US East Coast and recruits 11 "", potential wives for men on the West Coast


 * France In 1864, Auguste Peureux decided to codify the age-old traditions of the master distillers of the Saône Vosges to preserve them. In Fougerolles, France the "Grandes Distilleries Peureux" was established.The famous traditions remains a highly guarded secret, handed down in the company from master distiller to master distiller.The premium vodka Peureux Perfect 1864 is named after this tradition and comes from this Distillery called Grandes Distilleries Peureux.

Ongoing events

 * (-1864)
 * (-1864)

January - June

 * -, American photographer (d. )
 * January 1 -, Chinese painter (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, German physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, French actress, journalist, and feminist leader (d. )
 * -, American Singer who recorded many early songs.(d. )
 * -, U.S. Navy architect (d. )
 * -, English doctor (d. )
 * -, Russian expressionist painter (d. )
 * -, American railway engineer (d. )
 * -, Norwegian composer (d. )
 * -, American artist (d. )
 * -, German sociologist (d. )
 * -, the third daughter of and  (d. )
 * -, French film pioneer (d. )
 * -, Danish painter (d. )
 * -, automotive pioneer (d. )
 * -, German composer (d. )
 * -, American educator and historian (d. )
 * -, German chemist, laureate (d. )

July - December

 * -, Bulgarian spiritual teacher (d. )
 * -, American businessman and inventor (d. )
 * -, Swedish writer, laureate (d. )
 * -, Polish politician (d. )
 * -, English politician and diplomat, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, United States Congressman from New Jersey (d. )
 * -, Russian composer (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Austrian writer and pacifist, recipient of the (d. )
 * - Bishop, American religious and leader (d. )
 * -, American business leader (d. )
 * -, French painter (d. )
 * -, the 3rd General of (d. )
 * -, American film actor (d. )
 * -, American critic and essayist (d. )


 * See also .

January - June

 * -, American composer (b. )
 * -, American naval officer (b. )
 * -, German composer (b. )
 * -, Union General, American Civil War (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, Chinese rebel (b. )
 * -, US Army officer (in battle)
 * -, Confederate general (in battle) (b. )

July - December

 * -, younger brother of (killed in an explosion)
 * -, United States Supreme Court Justice (b. )
 * -, Indonesian religious and military leader (b. )
 * -, (Confederate Army officer (in battle) (born )
 * - - United States Minister to France (b.)
 * -, English mathematician and philosopher (b. Nov. 2 )
 * - (born )