Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. 1864 - Events. 1864 - January - March. January 21 - Maori Wars: The Tauranga Campaign starts. February 1 - Danish-Prussian War (Second war of Schleswig) begins. 57.000 Austrian a ...

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1864 - January - March. January 21 - Maori Wars: The Tauranga Campaign starts. February 1 - Danish-Prussian War (Second war of Schleswig) begins. 57.000 Austrian and Prussian troops cross Eider River to Denmark. February 27 - American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia. March 1- Alejandro Mon Menéndez takes office as Prime Minister of Spain March 10 - American Civil War: The Red River Campaign begins as Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana. March 11 - A reservoir near Sh ...

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Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. 1864 - Events. January 21 - Maori Wars: The Tauranga Campaign starts. February 1 - Danish-Prussian War (Second war of Schleswig) begins. 57.000 Austrian and Prussian troops cross Eider River to Denma ...

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The Siege of Petersburg (June 15, 1864 – April 2, 1865) was a ten-month long siege of Petersburg, Virginia, during the American Civil War. It foreshadowed the trench warfare that would be common in World War I, earning it a prominent position in military history. Petersburg had been a supply center for Richmond given its strategic location just south of the capital. Not only was it oriented on the Appomattox River, but it was also a major crossroads and a junction for five railroads. The taking of Petersburg by Union forces w ...

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Secretary of State for Education and Skills - Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education. William Cowper (February 5, 1857 - February 21, 1858) Charles Adderley (March 12, 1858 - June 11, 1859) Robert Lowe (June 24, 1859 - April 26, 1864) (Resigned) Henry Bruce (April 26, 1864 - June 26, 1866) Henry Lowry-Corry (June 26, 1866 - March 19, 1867) Lord Robert Montagu (March 19, 1867 - December 1, 1868) William Forster (December 9, 1868 - Feb ...

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Secretary of State for Education and Skills, Secretary of State for Education and Skills - List, Secretary of State for Education and Skills - Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education, Secretary of State for Education and Skills - President of the Board of Education, Secretary of State for Education and Skills - Minister of Education, Secretary of State for Education and Skills - Secretary of State for Education and Science, Secretary of State for Education and Skills - Secretary of State for Education, Secretary of State for Education and Skills - Secretary of State for Education and Employment, Secretary of State for Education and Skills - Secretary of State for Education and Skills

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The French under Bazaine occupied Guadalajara on 7 January 1864, and troops under Douay occupied Zacatecas on 6 February. Further French victories continued with the fall of Acapulco on 3 June, occupation of Durango on 3 July, and the defeat of republicans in the states of Sinaloa and Jalisco in November. Maximilian landed at Veracruz on 28 May (or possibly 29 May) 1864 in the SMS Novarra and accepted the crown formally on 10 April, signing the Miramar Convention. He was enthroned Maximilian as Emperor of Mexico. Maximilian of ...

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1956 - January. January 3 - Alexander Grechaninov, Russian composer (b. 1864) January 5 - Mistinguett, French singer (b. 1875) January 13 - Lyonel Charles Feininger, German painter (b. 1871) January 18 - Konstantin Päts, Estonian president (b. 1874) January 24 - Sir Alexander Korda, Hungarian-born film director (b. 1893) January 27 - Erich Kleiber, German conductor (b. 1890) January 29 - H. L. Mencken, American writer (b. 1880) January 31 - A. A. Milne, ...

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1937 - January-March. January 6 - Brother Andre, Canadian religious leader (b. 1845) January 23 - Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (b. 1898) February 5 - Lou Andreas-Salome, Russian-born writer (b. 1861) February 7 - Elihu Root, American statesman and diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1845) February 11 - Walter Burley Griffin, American architect and town planner (b. 1876) March 9 - Paul Elmer More, American critic and essayist (b. 1864) Mar ...

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