Birthdays
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz
Turns 57 on this date
Alpheus Baker
Turns 36 on this date
Charles Joseph Baker
Turns 43 on this date
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
Turns 46 on this date
William Birney
Turns 45 on this date
Sempronius Hamilton Boyd
Turns 36 on this date
William Alfred Buckingham
Turns 60 on this date
Basil Wilson Duke
Turns 26 on this date
Ephraim Thomas Carroll Richmond
Turns 21 on this date
Events
| US/the World | At Vera Cruz, Emperor Maximilian of Mexico arrives in his new country for the first time | 05/28/1864 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Grant's Overland Campaign against the Army of Northern Virginia continues |
05/05/1864 to 06/27/1864 |
| US/the World | On Corfu, British officials transfer administration of the Ionian Islands to Greece | 05/28/1864 |
| 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 |