WHAT HAPPENED IN 1864.
Look what happened the 1864.

American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, Georgia, a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city, ending the Atlanta Campaign. (2. September 1864)

François Achille Bazaine becomes Marshal of France. (5. September 1864)

American Civil War: Atlanta, Georgia, is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman. (7. September 1864)

American Civil War: The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought. (29. September 1864)

American Civil War: Battle of Saltville – Union forces attack Saltville, Virginia, but are defeated by Confederate troops. (2. October 1864)

The Indian city of Calcutta is almost totally destroyed by a cyclone; 60,000 die. (5. October 1864)

American Civil War – Bahia Incident: USS Wachusett illegally captures the CSS Florida Confederate raider while in port in Bahia, Brazil in violation of Brazilian neutrality. (7. October 1864)

American Civil War: Battle of Tom's Brook – Union cavalrymen in the Shenandoah Valley defeat Confederate forces at Tom's Brook, Virginia. (9. October 1864)

Campina Grande, Brazil is established as a city. (11. October 1864)

American Civil War: The Battle of Glasgow is fought, resulting in the surrender of Glasgow, Missouri, and its Union garrison, to the Confederacy. (15. October 1864)

Battle of Cedar Creek – Union Army under Philip Sheridan destroys a Confederate Army under Jubal Early. (19. October 1864)

St. Albans Raid – Confederate raiders launch an attack on Saint Albans, Vermont from Canada. (19. October 1864)

American Civil War: Battle of Westport – Union forces under General Samuel R. Curtis defeat Confederate troops led by General Sterling Price at Westport, near Kansas City. (23. October 1864)

American Civil War: The Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road (also known as the Second Battle of Fair Oaks) ends – Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant withdraw from Fair Oaks, Virginia, after failing to breach the Confederate defenses around Richmond, Virginia. (28. October 1864)

Second Schleswig War ends. Denmark renounces all claim to Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg, which come under Prussian and Austrian administration. (30. October 1864)

Helena, Montana is founded after four prospectors discover gold at "Last Chance Gulch". (30. October 1864)

Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state. (31. October 1864)

American Civil War: Battle of Johnsonville – Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material. (4. November 1864)

American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea – Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins burning Atlanta, Georgia to the ground in preparation for his march south. (11. November 1864)

The new Constitution of Greece is adopted. (13. November 1864)