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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: Battle of Mansfield – Union forces are thwarted by the Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana.
– 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.
– Second War of Schleswig: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
– Montana is organized as a United States territory.
– Ikedaya Jiken: the Choshu Han shishi’s planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya.
– American Civil War: Battle of the Crater – Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines at Petersburg, Virginia by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.
– American Civil War: Confederate General John Bell Hood evacuates Atlanta, Georgia after a four-month siege by General Sherman.
– American Civil War: Battle of Tom’s Brook – Union cavalrymen in the Shenandoah Valley defeat Confederate forces at Tom’s Brook, Virginia.
– American Civil War: Sherman’s March to the Sea – Major General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Union Army troops reach the outer Confederate defenses of Savannah, Georgia.
Who Were Born On ?
– Paul Troje, German politician (d. 1942)
– Charles Marion Russell, American artist (d. 1926)
– Max Weber, German economist and sociologist (d. 1920)
– Marie Booth, the third daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1937)
– Richard Strauss, German composer and conductor (d. 1949)
– Frank Wedekind, German writer (d. 1918)
– Ragna Wettergreen, Norwegian actress (d. 1958)
– Louis Lumière, French film pioneer (d. 1948)
– Ozias Leduc, Québécois painter (d. 1955)
– Robert Grant Aitken, American astronomer (d. 1951)