* Kate Austin ( 1864 – 1902 ), American writer, feminist and anarchist

* 1864 – William Bate Hardy, British biochemist ( d. 1934 )

* 1864 – American Civil War: The Fort Pillow massacre: Confederate forces kill most of the African American soldiers that surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee.

* 1864 – Jean, duc Decazes, French aristocrat and sportsman ( d. 1912 )

* 1864 – 12 nations sign the First Geneva Convention.

* 1864 – Hermann Weingärtner, German gymnast ( d. 1919 )

* 1916 – Roger Casement, Irish rebel ( b. 1864 )

* 1925 – William Bruce, Australian cricketer ( b. 1864 )

* Sebastian Osterrieder ( 1864 – 1932 ): sculptor

* 1864 – Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War.

* 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville – Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida.

* 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern – Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.

His sister was Lucy Aikin ( 1781 – 1864 ), a historical writer.

* 1864 – The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, Texas.

* 1864 – Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece ( d. 1936 )

* 1864 – The U. S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates that the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.

* 1864 – During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Georgia.

* 1864 – Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig.

* 1864 – Richard Harding Davis, American author ( d. 1916 )

* 1864 – Charles Lot Church, Canadian politician ( b. 1777 )

* 1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins – Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.

* December 1 – Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet and short story writer ( b. 1864 )

* November 16 – Miina Härma, Estonian composer ( b. 1864 )

Miina Härma ( February 9, 1864 – November 16, 1941 ) was a widely-recognised Estonian composer.

* 1864 – József Pusztai, Slovene writer, poet and journalist in Hungary ( d. 1934 )

* 1797 – Alaric Alexander Watts, English poet and journalist ( d. 1864 )

** Stephen Foster, American songwriter and poet ( d. 1864 )

* February 6 – Banjo Paterson, Australian poet & journalist ( b. 1864 )

* February 13 – József Pusztai slovene writer, poet, journalist in Hungary ( b. 1864 )

* Charles Murray ( poet ) ( 1864 – 1941 ), poet who wrote in the Doric dialect of Scots

* Adelaide Anne Procter ( 1825 – 1864 ), English poet and philanthropist

Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo ( 29 September 1864, Bilbao, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain – 31 December 1936, Salamanca, Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain ) was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher.

Einar Benediktsson ( 1864 – 1940 ) was an Icelandic poet and lawyer.

* August 16-Antonín Sova, Czech poet ( born 1864 )

* April 16-Sir John Morris-Jones, Welsh grammarian & poet ( born 1864 )

Adelaide Anne Procter ( 30 October 1825 – 2 February 1864 ) was an English poet and philanthropist.

* January 30-Walter Savage Landor, poet ( died 1864 )

* July 12-John Clare, poet ( died 1864 )

Cunningham's other brothers were the naval surgeon Peter Miller Cunningham ( 1789 – 1864 ) and the poet, Thomas Mounsey Cunningham ( 1776 – 1834 ).

Janez Avguštin Puhar ( August 26, 1814-August 7, 1864 ) was a Slovene priest, photographer, painter, and poet.

Walter Savage Landor ( 30 January 1775 – 17 September 1864 ) was an English writer and poet.

Almost the last event of his life was a visit in 1864 from the poet Swinburne, who visited Florence specifically to see him, and dedicated to him the ` Atlanta in Calydon '.

* Stephen Gwynn ( 1864 – 1950 ), journalist, biographer, author, poet and Nationalist politician.

Notable Hamilton alumni include US Secretary of State Elihu Root ( 1864 ), US Vice President James S. Sherman ( 1878 ), poet Ezra Pound ( 1905 ), theatre critic Alexander Woollcott ( 1909 ), jurist and diplomat Philip Jessup ( 1919 ), psychologist B. F. Skinner ( 1926 ), Nobel Prize Winner Paul Greengard ( 1948 ), civil rights leader Bob Moses ( 1956 ), novelist Terry Brooks ( 1966 ), playwright Richard Nelson ( 1971 ), US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack ( 1972 ), composer Jay Reise ( 1972 ), Pulitzer-Prize winning composer Melinda Wagner ( 1979 ), novelist Peter Cameron ( 1982 ), actor Tony Goldwyn ( 1982 ), author Garret Kramer ( 1984 ), novelist Kamila Shamsie, actor and writer for The Office Paul Lieberstein ( 1989 ), actor Grayson McCouch ( 1991 ), Academy Award-winning screenwriter Nat Faxon ( 1997 ), and politician and author Matthew Zeller ( 2004 ).

* Jacques Jasmin ( 1798 – 1864 ), Provençal poet

* Banjo Paterson ( 1864 – 1941 ), poet, born near Orange