1st » President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
8th » In the United States, Delaware voters reject the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and vote to continue the practice of slavery. (Delaware finally ratifies the amendment on February 12, 1901.)
17th » American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is Capture of Columbia burned as Confederate States of America Confederate forces flee from advancing United States Union forces.
18th » American Civil War: Union Army e.g Union forces under Major General William T. Sherman set the South Carolina State House on fire during the Columbia, South Carolina, in the Civil War e.g burning of Columbia.
20th » End of the Uruguayan War, with a peace agreement between President Tomás Villalba and rebel leader Venancio Flores, setting the scene for the destructive Paraguayan War called War of the Triple Alliance.