Historical Events In 1865

Jul 07   On this day in history lewis Paine, David Herold, George Atzerodt, and Mary Surratt were executed for their role in a conspiracy to throw the Union government into turmoil.  

Jul 07   Mary Surratt, & 3 other Lincoln conspirators, hanged on this day in history.  

Jul 10   On this day in history jan "Pa" van der Steur, Dutch philanthropist (Steurtjes)  

Jul 13   On this day in history horace Greeley advises his readers to "Go west young man"  

Jul 13   PT Barnum's museum burns down in the year 1865.  

Jul 14   1st ascent of Matterhorn on this day in history.  

Jul 14   On this day in history annie Jones, Virginia, bearded lady  

Jul 14   In the year 1865 the first ascent of Matterhorn  

Jul 15   In the year 1865 alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe  

Jul 15   Reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink, Dutch historian, dies at 55 in the year 1865.  

Jul 16   George A Birmingham, [Rev James Owen Hannay], novelist on this day in history.  

Jul 18   Laurence Housman, England, author/playwright (Victoria Regina) on this day in history.  

Jul 19   On this day in history charles Horace Mayo, surgeon/co-founder (Mayo Clinic)  

Jul 21   In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first true western showdown in the year 1865.  

Jul 21   Robert Kahn, composer on this day in history.  

Jul 22   On this day in history v E Walker takes 10-104 in an innings for Middlesex v Lancs  

Jul 23   On this day in history friedrich Aereboe, landhuishoudkundige  

Jul 24   Frank Wedekind, writer on this day in history.  

Jul 24   Johan Filip von Schantz, composer, dies at 30 on this day in history.  

Jul 25   "James Barry", military surgeon, first female Briton to become a qualified medical doctor in the year 1865.  

Jul 25   On this day in history jac[obus] P Thijsse, Dutch biologist/educator (Contact with Plants)  

Jul 26   Patrick Francis Healy is 1st black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium) on this day in history.  

Jul 26   In the year 1865 patrick Francis Healy is first black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium)  

Jul 26   On this day in history philipp Scheidemann, German Parliament (SPD)/mayor of Kassel  

Jul 27   In the year 1865 welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.  

Jul 29   On this day in history nicola Spinelli, composer  

Jul 30   On this day in history george Wright, US Union brig-general, dies at 61  

Jul 30   On this day in history pope Pius IX visits Suriname  

Jul 31   In the year 1865 east India Squadron established to operate from Sunda Strait to Japan.  

Jul 31   The first narrow gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Australia on this day in history.  

Aug 02   On this day in history irving Babbitt, US writer (Rousseau & Romanticism)  

Aug 02   In the year 1865 lewis Carroll publishes "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"  

Aug 10   On this day in history alexander K Glazunov, St Petersburg Russia, composer (Chopiniana)  

Aug 12   In the year 1865 william Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of giuseppe Ferrata, composer  

Jan 03   Henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (d. 1936) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (d. 1920)  

Jan 10   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 20   Friedrich A H von Waldeck, brother of queen Emma/last ruler of Waldeck was born in the year 1865.  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1865 jozef Lies, Flemish painter, dies at 43  

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

Jan 16   In the year 1865 death of edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828)  

Jan 19   In the year 1865 death of pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809)  

Feb 06   John Pegram, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33 in the year 1865.  

Feb 07   John Henry Winder, US Confederate brig-gen/provost marshal, dies at 64 in the year 1865.  

Feb 10   Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b. 1804) died in the year 1865.  

Feb 15   In the year 1865 nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies