Today in History for April 1864

Months in 1864: January February March May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 21 of 21

2nd - Skirmish at Crump's Hill (Piney Woods), Louisiana
2nd - Skirmish at Spoonville/Antoine, Arkansas
3rd - Skirmish at Okolona, Arkansas
4th - Skirmish at Elkin's Ford (Little Missouri River), Arkansas
8th - Battle of Mansfield, La Federals routed by Gen Richard Taylor
9th - Battle of Pleasant Hill LA, 2870 casualities
10th - Austrian Archduke Maximilian becomes emperor of Mexico
12th - Battle of Blair's Landing LA
12th - Confederate Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Fort Pillow, Tn
15th - General Steeles' Union troops occupies Camden, Arkansas
17th - Battle of Plymouth, NC
17th - Bread revolt in Savannah, Georgia
17th - Grant suspends prisoner-of-war exchanges
18th - Battle of Poison Springs, AR (Camden Expedition)
22nd - US mints 2 cent coin (1st appearance of "In God We Trust")
23rd - Battle of Cane River, LA (Red River Expedition, Monett's Ferry)
25th - Battle of Marks' Mill, Arkansas (Camden Expedition)
29th - -30] Skirmish at Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas
29th - The Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.
Confederate General/KKK Grand Wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest 30th - Battle of Jenkin's Ferry, Arkansas; Gen W R Scurry is killed
30th - New York becomes 1st state to charge a hunting license fee

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 10 of 10

1st - Marie Jungius, Dutch fairy tale writer
10th - Eugene Francis Charles D'Albert, German pianist/composer (Golem)
10th - Tully Marshall, Nevada City CA
18th - Richard Harding Davis, US, journalist/author (In The Fig)
21st - Max Weber, German sociologist/economist/historian (Ancient Judaism)
22nd - Phil May, Wortley Yorkshire, cartoonist
24th - George AA Alting van Geusau, dir-gen (PTT)/Dutch Min of War (1918-20)
28th - William F A Ellison, Irish clergyman/director (Armagh Observatory)
30th - Frans Netscher, Dutch writer/journalist (Studies of nude model)
30th - Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet (d. 1913)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 5 of 5

4th - Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (b. 1808)
12th - Thomas Green, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 50
13th - Johann Schneider, composer, dies at 74
22nd - Joseph Gilbert Totten, US Union general-major, dies at 76
29th - Charles-Julien Brianchon, math (Brianchon's theorem), dies at 80