Historical Events In 1865

Jul 07   4 Lincoln assassination conspirators, including Mary Surratt, hanged in the year 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   Jan "Pa" van der Steur, Dutch philanthropist (Steurtjes) on this day in history.  

Jul 13   Horace Greeley advises his readers to "Go west young man" on this day in history.  

Jul 13   PT Barnum's museum burns down on this day in history.  

Jul 14   In the year 1865 1st ascent of Matterhorn  

Jul 14   Annie Jones, Virginia, bearded lady on this day in history.  

Jul 14   The first ascent of Matterhorn on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jul 16   In the year 1865 george A Birmingham, [Rev James Owen Hannay], novelist  

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

Jul 19   Charles Horace Mayo, surgeon/co-founder (Mayo Clinic) in the year 1865.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jul 21   Robert Kahn, composer in the year 1865.  

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   Frank Wedekind, writer on this day in history.  

Jul 24   Johan Filip von Schantz, composer, dies at 30 in the year 1865.  

Jul 25   "James Barry", military surgeon, first female Briton to become a qualified medical doctor on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Jul 26   Philipp Scheidemann, German Parliament (SPD)/mayor of Kassel on this day in history.  

Jul 27   Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina on this day in history.  

Jul 29   On this day in history nicola Spinelli, composer  

Jul 30   George Wright, US Union brig-general, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

Aug 02   Lewis Carroll publishes "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" in the year 1865.  

Aug 10   Alexander K Glazunov, St Petersburg Russia, composer (Chopiniana) on this day in history.  

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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 in the year 1865.  

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

Jan 10   Mary Ingalls, sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1928) was born in the year 1865.  

Jan 13   Princess Marie of Orléans (d. 1908) was born in the year 1865.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1865.  

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

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

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