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1864
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1864
Events
January–March
January 16
– Denmark rejects a Prussian–Austrian ultimatum to repeal the
Danish Constitution
, which says that
Schleswig-Holstein
is part of Denmark.
January 21
–
New Zealand Wars
: The
Tauranga Campaign
starts.
February –
John Wisden
publishes
The Cricketer's Almanack for the year 1864
in England; it will go on to become the major annual
cricket
reference publication.
February 1
– Danish-Prussian War (
Second Schleswig War
): 57,000 Austrian and Prussian troops cross the
Eider River
into Denmark.
February 17
– American Civil War: The tiny
Confederate
hand-propelled
submarine
H. L. Hunley
sinks the using a
spar torpedo
in
Charleston Harbor
, becoming the first submarine to sink an enemy ship, although the submarine 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
(the 500 prisoners had left Richmond, Virginia seven days before).
March 1
–
Alejandro Mon y 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
.
March 10
– American Civil War: The
Red River Campaign
begins as Union troops reach
Alexandria, Louisiana
.
March 11
–
Great Sheffield Flood
: A reservoir near
Sheffield
, England bursts; 250 die.
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