May 1 » In Vienna, Austria, Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro is performed for the first time.
June 25 » Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
June 29 » Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
August 7 » The first federal Indian Reservation is created by the United States.
August 29 » Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
December 4 » Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of Saint Barbara).
Day of death May 16, 1864
The temperature on May 16, 1864 was about 18.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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.
March 15 » American Civil War: The Red River Campaign: U.S. Navy fleet arrives at Alexandria, Louisiana.
May 9 » Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
June 12 » American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: Ulysses S. Grant gives the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their position at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.
July 30 » American Civil War: Battle of the Crater: Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines at Petersburg, Virginia by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.
September 19 » American Civil War: Union troops under Philip Sheridan defeat a Confederate force commanded by Jubal Early. With over 50,000 troops engaged, it was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley.
November 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Spring Hill: The Confederate Army of Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Army of the Ohio.
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