February 25 – American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at
Andersonville, Georgia (the 500 prisoners had left Richmond, Virginia, seven days before).
April 18 – Danish-Prussian War (
Second Schleswig War) –
Battle of Dybbøl: The Prussian army, fielding 10,000 men, defeats the Danish defending army of 9,200 at Dybbøl Mill, after an artillery bombardment from
April 7–
18.
The
clipper ship City of Adelaide is launched in
Sunderland, England. By the 21st century, she will be the world's oldest surviving clipper of only two (Cutty Sark being the other).
Danish-Prussian War (
Second Schleswig War) –
Battle of Heligoland: The Danish navy gains a tactical victory over those of Austria and Prussia, near the island of Heligoland. It is the last significant naval battle fought by squadrons of wooden ships, and also the last involving Denmark.
May 18 –
Civil War gold hoax: The New York World and the New York Journal of Commerce publish a fake proclamation that President
Abraham Lincoln has issued a draft of 400,000 more soldiers.
Australian bushranger
Ben Hall and his gang escape from a shootout with police, after attempting to rob the Bang Bang Hotel in
Koorawatha, New South Wales.
June 12 – American Civil War:
Battle of Cold Harbor – General Ulysses S. Grant pulls his troops from their positions at Cold Harbor, Virginia, and moves south.
Second Schleswig War: The
Battle of Als is won by the Prussians under General
Herwarth von Bittenfeld, who occupy the island of
Als after crossing the Alssund, between the village of Sottrupskov and the
Sandbjerg Estate, by night. Of 9,000 Danish troops stationed there, a third are killed, wounded or captured.[7]
St-Hilaire train disaster, a passenger train operated by
Grand Trunk Railway was travelling from
Quebec City to
Montreal where the derailed in a swung open bridge after a signal passed at danger. The train also collapsed onto a ship, sinking both the ship and the train. 99 people were killed and 100 people were injured making this the deadliest train accident in Canada's history.[8]
July 22 – American Civil War:
Battle of Atlanta – Outside of Atlanta, Confederate General Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General Sherman, on Bald Hill.
July 28 – American Civil War:
Battle of Ezra Church – Confederate troops, led by General Hood, make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces under General Sherman from Atlanta.
July 29 – American Civil War: Confederate spy
Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops, and detained at the
Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
July 30 – American Civil War:
Battle of the Crater – Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines, by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.
Helena, Montana, is founded, after four
prospectors (the so-called Four Georgians) discover
gold at Last Chance Gulch; it is their last and agreed final attempt for weeks, of trying to find gold in the northern Rockies.
An annular solar eclipse occurs, the 42nd solar eclipse of
Solar Saros 131.
Syllabus errorum:
Pope Pius IX condemns theological liberalism as an error, and claims the supremacy of Roman Catholic Church authority over civil society. He also condemns
rationalism and
socialism.
^Bjørn, Claus; Due-Nielsen, Carsten (2006). Dansk Udenrigspolitiks Historie. Vol. III, Fra Helstat til Nationalstat, 1814–1914 (in Danish) (2nd ed.). Copenhagen: Gyldendal. pp. 238–39.
February 25 – American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at
Andersonville, Georgia (the 500 prisoners had left Richmond, Virginia, seven days before).
April 18 – Danish-Prussian War (
Second Schleswig War) –
Battle of Dybbøl: The Prussian army, fielding 10,000 men, defeats the Danish defending army of 9,200 at Dybbøl Mill, after an artillery bombardment from
April 7–
18.
The
clipper ship City of Adelaide is launched in
Sunderland, England. By the 21st century, she will be the world's oldest surviving clipper of only two (Cutty Sark being the other).
Danish-Prussian War (
Second Schleswig War) –
Battle of Heligoland: The Danish navy gains a tactical victory over those of Austria and Prussia, near the island of Heligoland. It is the last significant naval battle fought by squadrons of wooden ships, and also the last involving Denmark.
May 18 –
Civil War gold hoax: The New York World and the New York Journal of Commerce publish a fake proclamation that President
Abraham Lincoln has issued a draft of 400,000 more soldiers.
Australian bushranger
Ben Hall and his gang escape from a shootout with police, after attempting to rob the Bang Bang Hotel in
Koorawatha, New South Wales.
June 12 – American Civil War:
Battle of Cold Harbor – General Ulysses S. Grant pulls his troops from their positions at Cold Harbor, Virginia, and moves south.
Second Schleswig War: The
Battle of Als is won by the Prussians under General
Herwarth von Bittenfeld, who occupy the island of
Als after crossing the Alssund, between the village of Sottrupskov and the
Sandbjerg Estate, by night. Of 9,000 Danish troops stationed there, a third are killed, wounded or captured.[7]
St-Hilaire train disaster, a passenger train operated by
Grand Trunk Railway was travelling from
Quebec City to
Montreal where the derailed in a swung open bridge after a signal passed at danger. The train also collapsed onto a ship, sinking both the ship and the train. 99 people were killed and 100 people were injured making this the deadliest train accident in Canada's history.[8]
July 22 – American Civil War:
Battle of Atlanta – Outside of Atlanta, Confederate General Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General Sherman, on Bald Hill.
July 28 – American Civil War:
Battle of Ezra Church – Confederate troops, led by General Hood, make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces under General Sherman from Atlanta.
July 29 – American Civil War: Confederate spy
Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops, and detained at the
Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
July 30 – American Civil War:
Battle of the Crater – Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines, by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.
Helena, Montana, is founded, after four
prospectors (the so-called Four Georgians) discover
gold at Last Chance Gulch; it is their last and agreed final attempt for weeks, of trying to find gold in the northern Rockies.
An annular solar eclipse occurs, the 42nd solar eclipse of
Solar Saros 131.
Syllabus errorum:
Pope Pius IX condemns theological liberalism as an error, and claims the supremacy of Roman Catholic Church authority over civil society. He also condemns
rationalism and
socialism.
^Bjørn, Claus; Due-Nielsen, Carsten (2006). Dansk Udenrigspolitiks Historie. Vol. III, Fra Helstat til Nationalstat, 1814–1914 (in Danish) (2nd ed.). Copenhagen: Gyldendal. pp. 238–39.