Foreign |
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Austria demands that Sardinia-Piedmont disarm, and issues a three-day ultimatum |
Foreign |
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Austria forgives Hungarian rebels for their role in 1848 revolution |
Foreign |
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Austria threatens to join the war effort against Russia |
Battles/Soldiers |
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Austrian and Italian naval units clash at Lissa in the first major fleet confrontation of ironclads. |
US/the World |
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Austrian troops cross into eastern Prussia setting off full war between Prussia and Austria. |
Science/Technology |
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Autumn begins |
Science/Technology |
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B. Tyler Henry receives a patent for his lever-action, sixteen shot repeating rifle |
Crime/Disasters |
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Baggage master killed in the wreck of a Michigan Central passenger train near Chicago |
Battles/Soldiers |
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Baltimore barricades itself against the Confederate advance |
Education/Culture |
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Baltimore Excelsiors defeat Washington Potomacs in first intercity baseball game outside New York City |
Science/Technology |
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Baltimore gets its first steam fire engine |
Campaigns/Elections |
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Baltimore holds the first elections under the new Maryland constitution |
Battles/Soldiers |
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Baltimore rioters mount a deadly attack on the Sixth Massachusetts in the streets of the city |
Science/Technology |
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Baltimore's first regular streetcar service goes into operation |
Science/Technology |
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Baltimore's first streetcar goes into operation on Broadway in the city |
Crime/Disasters |
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Bangor, Maine based brig capsizes in a storm off Cape Cod and only one of seven aboard survive |
Business/Industry |
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Banks in New York City, Boston, and Philadelphia suspend payment in gold and silver |
Business/Industry |
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Bargains are the order of the day as the Navy sells thirty vessels by auction at the Brooklyn Navy-Yard |
Personal |
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Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the Modern Olympic Games is born in Paris |
Battles/Soldiers |
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Battle of Antietam |
Military/Violent |
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Battle of Arkansas Post |
Battles/Soldiers |
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Battle of Cold Harbor |
Battles/Soldiers |
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Battle of Cynthiana, June 11-12, 1864 |
Battles/Soldiers |
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Battle of Fort Pillow |
Battles/Soldiers |
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Battle of Fort Stevens |
Battles/Soldiers |
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Battle of Fredericksburg |
Battles/Soldiers |
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Battle of Gaines' Mill |
Battles/Soldiers |
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Battle of Gettysburg |
Military/Violent |
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Battle of Jenkins' Ferry |
Battles/Soldiers |
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Battle of Marietta, June 9-July 3, 1864 |