What Happened In March 1864 - Historical Events 1864 March

Historical Events for March, 1864

11th » The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England.
12th » American Civil War: The Red River Campaign begins as a US Navy fleet of 13 Ironclads and 7 Gunboats and other support ships enter the Red River.
15th » American Civil War: The Red River Campaign : U.S. Navy fleet arrives at Alexandria, Louisiana.
16th » American Civil War: During the Red River Campaign, Union (American Civil War) known as Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.

4th » David W. Taylor, American architect and engineer (d. 1940)
12th » W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (d. 1922)
12th » Alice Tegnér, Swedish organist and composer (d. 1943)
13th » Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian painter (d. 1941)
15th » Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (Oslo Philharmonic) (d. 1935)
17th » Joseph Baptista, Indian politician and activist (d. 1930)
19th » Charles Marion Russell, American painter (d. 1926)
27th » Agostina Livia Pietrantoni, Italian nun and nurse (d. 1894)
30th » Franz Oppenheimer, German-American sociologist and economist (d. 1943)

2nd » Ulric Dahlgren, American colonel (b. 1842)
4th » Thomas Starr King, American minister (b. 1824)
10th » Joseph Alfred Slade named Jack Slade, American stage coach (b. 1831)
27th » Jean-Jacques Ampère, French philologist (b. 1800)
30th » Louis Schindelmeisser, German clarinet player, composer, and conductor (b. 1811)