January–March 1864

february 17: submarine h. l. hunley



january 13 – american composer stephen collins foster (oh! susanna) dies in new york city hotel.
january 16 – denmark rejects prussian–austrian ultimatum repeal danish constitution, says schleswig-holstein part of denmark.
january 21 – new zealand wars: tauranga campaign begins.
february – john wisden publishes cricketer s almanack year 1864 in england; go on become major annual cricket reference publication.
february 1 – danish-prussian war (second schleswig war): 57,000 austrian , prussian troops cross eider river denmark.
february 17 – american civil war: tiny confederate hand-propelled submarine h. l. hunley sinks uss housatonic (1861), using spar torpedo in charleston harbor, becoming first submarine sink enemy ship, although submarine , crew of 8 lost.
february 25 – american civil war: first northern prisoners arrive @ confederate prison @ andersonville, georgia (the 500 prisoners had left richmond, virginia 7 days before).
march 1 – alejandro mon y menéndez takes office prime minister of spain.
march 9 – american civil war: abraham lincoln appoints ulysses s. grant commander in chief of union armies.
march 10 – american civil war: red river campaign begins, union troops reach alexandria, louisiana.
march 11 – great sheffield flood: reservoir near sheffield, england bursts; 250 die.




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^ deutsch-dänischer krieg von 1864 . meyers konversationslexikon. 4th ed. (in german)
^ chaffin, tom (2008). h. l. hunley: secret hope of confederacy. new york: hill , wang. isbn 978-0-8090-9512-4.