Asia • Japan
| Felice Beato photographs the Choshu gun battery with the Royal Navy landing party during the battle over the Shimonoseki Strait (Japan). (September 1864) |
Europe • France
| Louis Ducos du Hauron (1837-1920) patents Chronophotographie which is the first piece of equipment to record animated objects. |
Europe • Great Britain
| James Mudd photographs the aftermath of the devastating Sheffield Flood in Northern England. (11 March 1864) [Read about] |