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What Happened In February 1864 In History

Historical Events for February, 1864

  • 17th » American Civil War: The Ship H. L. Hunley submarine 6 becomes the first submarine to Sinking of USS Housatonic engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic 1861 6.
  • 20th » American Civil War: Battle of Olustee occurs the largest battle fought in Florida during the war.
  • 27th » American Civil War: The first Union (American Civil War) known as Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate States of America called Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
  • 29th » American Civil War: Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid fails plans to free 15,000 United States named Union soldiers being held near Richmond, Virginia are thwarted.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1864

  • 6th » John Henry Mackay, Scottish-German philosopher and author (d. 1933)
  • 9th » Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1941)
  • 17th » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak priest, botanist, and painter (d. 1929)
  • 17th » Banjo Paterson, Australian poet (d. 1941)
  • 22nd » Jules Renard, French author (d. 1910)
  • 27th » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish politician (d. 1935)

Famous Deaths for February 1864

  • 7th » Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Serbian philologist and liguist (b. 1787)
  • 25th » Anna Harrison, American wife of William Henry Harrison, 9th List of First Ladies of the United States named First Lady of the United States (b. 1775)
  • 26th » Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian politician, 3rd List of Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada named Premier of Canada East (b. 1807)

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