Historical Events In 1865

Mar 13   Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers on this day in history.  

Mar 13   US Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service on this day in history.  

Mar 16   Battle of Averasboro NC (1,500 casualities) in the year 1865.  

Mar 18   Battle of Wilson's raid to Selma AL in the year 1865.  

Mar 18   Battle of Wilson's raid to Selma, AL on this day in history.  

Mar 18   In the year 1865 congress of Confederate States of American adjourns for last time  

Mar 19   In the year 1865 battle of Bentonville-Confederates retreat from Greenville NC  

Mar 20   2nd day of Battle of Bentonville NC on this day in history.  

Mar 20   Michigan authorizes workers' cooperatives on this day in history.  

Mar 21   Battle of Bentonville ends, last Confederate effort to stop Sherman in the year 1865.  

Mar 22   On this day in history raid at Wilson's Chickaswas AL to Macon GA  

Mar 22   Raid at Wilson's: Chickaswas AL to Macon GA in the year 1865.  

Mar 22   Theophile Ysaye, composer in the year 1865.  

Mar 23   British Parliament votes £50,000 for Canadian defense; after Union ship Kearsarge sinks Confederate ship Alabama, built in UK in the year 1865.  

Mar 23   In the year 1865 general Sherman/Cox' troops reach Goldsboro NC  

Mar 25   Battle of Bluff Spring FL on this day in history.  

Mar 25   In the year 1865 battle of Bluff Spring, FL  

Mar 25   First Queensland Divorce Act is passed on this day in history.  

Mar 25   In the year 1865 sS General Lyon at Cape Hatteras catches fire & sinks, killing 400  

Mar 26   On this day in history thomas Hancock, pioneer of rubber industry (Stoke Newington), dies  

Mar 27   On this day in history independent British colony of Kaffaria is incorporated with Cape Colony in South Africa.  

Mar 27   On this day in history siege of Spanish Fort AL captured by Federals  

Mar 27   Siege of Spanish Fort AL: captured by Federals in the year 1865.  

Mar 27   Siege of Spanish Fort, AL-captured by Federals in the year 1865.  

Mar 28   In the year 1865 albert G Bilders, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 26  

Mar 29   In the year 1865 -Apr 9th], Appomattox campaign, VA , 7582 killed  

Mar 29   Appomattox campaign, Virginia, 7582 killed on this day in history.  

Mar 29   On this day in history battle of Quaker Road, Virginia  

Mar 30   -4] Battle at 5 Forks Virginia on this day in history.  

Mar 30   In the year 1865 battle at 5 Forks Virginia  

Mar 30   In the year 1865 heinrich Rubens, German physicist  

Mar 31   In the year 1865 battle of Boydton, VA (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie C H)  

Mar 31   On this day in history battle of Boydton, Virginia (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie Court House)  

Mar 31   In the year 1865 general Pickette moves to 5 Forks, abandoning the defense of Peterburg  

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Jan 01   Giuseppe Ferrata, composer was born in the year 1865.  

Jan 03   In the year 1865 birth of henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (d. 1936)  

Jan 05   In the year 1865 birth of julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (d. 1920)  

Jan 10   Mary Ingalls, sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1928) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 13   In the year 1865 birth of princess Marie of Orléans (d. 1908)  

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of gen Sir Charles Fergusson, Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1951)  

Jan 20   In the year 1865 birth of friedrich A H von Waldeck, brother of queen Emma/last ruler of Waldeck  

Jan 22   In the year 1865 birth of friedrich Paschen, German physicist  

Jan 03   On this day in history jozef Lies, Flemish painter, dies at 43  

Jan 08   Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general (b. 1779) died in the year 1865.  

Jan 16   On this day in history death of edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828)  

Jan 19   Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809) died on this day in history.  

Feb 06   On this day in history john Pegram, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33  

Feb 07   John Henry Winder, US Confederate brig-gen/provost marshal, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Feb 10   Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b. 1804) died on this day in history.  

Feb 15   Nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies in the year 1865.