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   In the year 1865 jan "Pa" van der Steur, Dutch philanthropist (Steurtjes)  

Jul 13   In the year 1865 horace Greeley advises his readers to "Go west young man"  

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

Jul 14   In the year 1865 1st ascent of Matterhorn  

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

Jul 14   On this day in history the first ascent of Matterhorn  

Jul 15   Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe on this day in history.  

Jul 15   Reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink, Dutch historian, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

Jul 16   On this day in history george A Birmingham, [Rev James Owen Hannay], novelist  

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 year 1865 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.  

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

Jul 22   V E Walker takes 10-104 in an innings for Middlesex v Lancs in the year 1865.  

Jul 23   In the year 1865 friedrich Aereboe, landhuishoudkundige  

Jul 24   On this day in history frank Wedekind, writer  

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

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

Jul 25   In the year 1865 jac[obus] P Thijsse, Dutch biologist/educator (Contact with Plants)  

Jul 26   Patrick Francis Healy is 1st black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium) in the year 1865.  

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

Jul 26   In the year 1865 philipp Scheidemann, German Parliament (SPD)/mayor of Kassel  

Jul 27   On this day in history welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.  

Jul 29   In the year 1865 nicola Spinelli, composer  

Jul 30   In the year 1865 george Wright, US Union brig-general, dies at 61  

Jul 30   Pope Pius IX visits Suriname on this day in history.  

Jul 31   East India Squadron established to operate from Sunda Strait to Japan on this day in history.  

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

Aug 02   Irving Babbitt, US writer (Rousseau & Romanticism) in the year 1865.  

Aug 02   Lewis Carroll publishes "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" on this day in history.  

Aug 10   Alexander K Glazunov, St Petersburg Russia, composer (Chopiniana) in the year 1865.  

Aug 12   On this day in history william Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies  

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Jan 01   In the year 1865 birth of giuseppe Ferrata, composer  

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

Jan 05   Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (d. 1920) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 17   In the year 1865 birth of gen Sir Charles Fergusson, Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1951)  

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

Jan 22   Friedrich Paschen, German physicist was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 19   Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809) died in the year 1865.  

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

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