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Key Events in the History of Nova Scotia: 1864
- February 4: The Twenty-Second Assembly of the Nova Scotia Legislature convened.
- February 15: Introduction of the Free School Act. This act "made Nova Scotia the first Canadian province with free education for all, financed by the government and a tax on all property owners in each district."
- Charles Tupper became Premier replacing James William Johnston who had been Premier since 1863. Tupper continued on until 1867, the year of the Canadian confederation.
- March 28: Authorization given to send delegates to Charlottetown to discuss Union of the Colonies.
- May 2: Merchants' Bank of Halifax opened (later Royal Bank of Canada).
- August 20: The Tallahasee, a Confederate cruiser, escaped through Eastern Passage.
- September 2: General Sherman captures Savannah.
- September: The Charlottetown Conference.
- October: Quebec conference.
- International Rules of War were established at the First Geneva Convention.
- Open-hearth process for the making of steel.
- The British infantry was armed with breech-loading rifles.
- By an act of the legislature Fruit Growers' Association and International Show Society was incorporated.
- Halifax: An act in respect to Inspection of Gas.
- Historical Society of Nova Scotia incorporated by statute.
- International Coal and Railway incorporated by statute.
- An act incorporating the Louisbourg Railway Company.
- Mutual Bank of Nova Scotia incorporated by Statute.
- Nova Scotia Coal Co. incorporated by statute.
- People's Bank of Halifax incorporated by statute.
- Sisters of Charity, Halifax incorporated by statute.
- An Act to incorporate the South Joggins Freestone and Grindstone Quarrying Co.
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[Forward In Time (1865)]- February 4: The Twenty-Second Assembly of the Nova Scotia Legislature convened.
