What is 1864?
{{Year nav|1864}} {{Year in various calendars|1864}} {{Year article header|1864}} ==Events== * [[May 5]] - [[American Civil War]]: The [[Battle of the Wilderness]] starts in Virginia. * [[August 21]] - American Civil War: In the [[Lawrence Massacre]], Confederates attack the town of [[Lawrence, Kansas]] and kill 150 people. * [[September 1]] - The [[Charlottetown Conference]] starts. * [[November 25]] - The book [[Journey to the Center of the Earth]] by [[Jules Verne]] is published. ===Date unknown=== * [[Fort Baker]] is built near [[Las Vegas, Nevada]]. * [[Father Damien]] goes to [[Hawaii]]. * The [[Great Central Fair]] is held in June in [[Philadelphia]]. * [[Ponsonby's Column]] is destroyed by [[lightning]]. ==Births== * [[January 16]] - [[Frank Bacon (actor)|Frank Bacon]], American actor * [[May 5]] - [[Nellie Bly]], American journalist * [[June 14]] - [[Alois Alzheimer]], German [[psychiatrist]] ==Deaths== * [[May 19]] – [[Nathaniel Hawthorne]], American writer * [[December 31]] - [[George M. Dallas]], 11th [[Vice President of the United States]] [[Category:1864| ]]