January 27 » American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
July 8 » Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
July 12 » Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
September 9 » The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.
November 16 » American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
Day of death February 21, 1864
The temperature on February 21, 1864 was about -0.7 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
February 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Olustee: The largest battle fought in Florida during the war.
April 17 » American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins: Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.
May 29 » Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
July 24 » American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown: Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley.
October 19 » American Civil War: Confederate agents based in Canada rob three banks in Saint Albans, Vermont.
December 22 » American Civil War: Savannah, Georgia, falls to the forces of General Sherman.
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