What Happened in 1864

1864 — year

Paraguayan War — large-scale conflict in South America (1864–1870)

Treaty of Vienna — 1864 peace treaty which ended the Second War of Schleswig

Geneva Convention of 1864 — First Geneva Convention governing the sick and wounded members of armed forces, adopted in 1864

Convention of Kanagawa — treaty

1864 United States presidential election — 20th quadrennial U.S. presidential election

Sand Creek massacre — massacre of a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho people in the American Indian Wars

Battle of Spotsylvania Court House — 1864 battle of the American Civil War

Shimonoseki Campaign — conflict