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Historical Event(s)
– American Civil War: Battle of Olustee occurs – the largest battle fought in Florida during the war.
– American Civil War: The Fort Pillow massacre: Confederate forces kill most of the African American soldiers that surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
– The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates that the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
– American Civil War Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor – The Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee engages the Army of the Potomac under Ulysses S. Grant & George G. Meade.
– Ikedaya Jiken: the Choshu Han shishi’s planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya.
– American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.
– American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church – Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia.
– The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico.
– During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Georgia.
– The Indian city of Calcutta is almost totally destroyed by a cyclone; 60,000 die.
Who Were Born On ?
– Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician (d. 1926)
– Paul Troje, German politician (d. 1942)
– John Henry Mackay, Scottish individualist anarchist, thinker and writer (d. 1933)
– Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian composer (d. 1935)
– Max Weber, German economist and sociologist (d. 1920)
– Marie Booth, the third daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1937)
– Sir Austin Chapman, Australian policitian (d. 1926)
– Phillip Snowden, British politician (d. 1937)
– Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, British diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1958)
– Lindley M. Garrison, American Secretary of War (d. 1932)