Birthdays
Samuel Cushman Caldwell
Turns 28 on this date
David McMurtrie Gregg
Turns 31 on this date
Charles Murray Harris
Turns 43 on this date
Benjamin Franklin Kelley
Turns 57 on this date
Thomas Overton Moore
Turns 60 on this date
Events
| US/the World | At Miramar Castle in Trieste, Austria, Archduke Maximilian officially accepts the imperial throne of Mexico | 04/10/1864 |
| Legal/Political | The first session of the 38th Congress is sitting in Washington DC from early January to early July, 1864 |
01/07/1864 to 07/03/1864 |