Historical Events In 1865

Mar 13   Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers in the year 1865.  

Mar 13   On this day in history uS Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service  

Mar 16   On this day in history battle of Averasboro NC (1,500 casualities)  

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

Mar 18   On this day in history battle of Wilson's raid to Selma, AL  

Mar 18   On this day in history congress of Confederate States of American adjourns for last time  

Mar 19   On this day in history battle of Bentonville-Confederates retreat from Greenville NC  

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

Mar 20   Michigan authorizes workers' cooperatives in the year 1865.  

Mar 21   Battle of Bentonville ends, last Confederate effort to stop Sherman on this day in history.  

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

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

Mar 22   On this day in history theophile Ysaye, composer  

Mar 23   British Parliament votes £50,000 for Canadian defense; after Union ship Kearsarge sinks Confederate ship Alabama, built in UK on this day in history.  

Mar 23   On this day in history general Sherman/Cox' troops reach Goldsboro NC  

Mar 25   In the year 1865 battle of Bluff Spring FL  

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

Mar 25   In the year 1865 first Queensland Divorce Act is passed.  

Mar 25   SS General Lyon at Cape Hatteras catches fire & sinks, killing 400 in the year 1865.  

Mar 26   Thomas Hancock, pioneer of rubber industry (Stoke Newington), dies in the year 1865.  

Mar 27   Independent British colony of Kaffaria is incorporated with Cape Colony in South Africa in the year 1865.  

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

Mar 28   Albert G Bilders, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 26 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1865 battle of Quaker Road, Virginia  

Mar 30   In the year 1865 -4] Battle at 5 Forks Virginia  

Mar 30   Battle at 5 Forks Virginia in the year 1865.  

Mar 30   Heinrich Rubens, German physicist on this day in history.  

Mar 31   On this day in history 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   General Pickette moves to 5 Forks, abandoning the defense of Peterburg on this day in history.  

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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   On this day in history birth of julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (d. 1920)  

Jan 10   In the year 1865 birth of mary Ingalls, sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1928)  

Jan 13   Princess Marie of Orléans (d. 1908) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 17   Gen Sir Charles Fergusson, Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1951) was born in the year 1865.  

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

Jan 22   On this day in history birth of friedrich Paschen, German physicist  

Jan 03   Jozef Lies, Flemish painter, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

Jan 08   In the year 1865 death of aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general (b. 1779)  

Jan 16   Edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828) died on this day in history.  

Jan 19   On this day in history death of pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809)  

Feb 06   John Pegram, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33 on this day in history.  

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

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

Feb 15   On this day in history nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies