Historical Events In 1865

Jul 07   Lewis Paine, David Herold, George Atzerodt, and Mary Surratt were executed for their role in a conspiracy to throw the Union government into turmoil in the year 1865.  

Jul 07   In the year 1865 mary Surratt, & 3 other Lincoln conspirators, hanged  

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   1st ascent of Matterhorn on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Jul 15   In the year 1865 reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink, Dutch historian, dies at 55  

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   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 in the year 1865.  

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   Friedrich Aereboe, landhuishoudkundige on this day in history.  

Jul 24   On this day in history frank Wedekind, writer  

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

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

Jul 29   Nicola Spinelli, composer on this day in history.  

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   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 in the year 1865.  

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.  

Aug 12   William Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (d. 1920) was born in the year 1865.  

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

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of princess Marie of Orléans (d. 1908)  

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

Jan 20   On this day in history birth of friedrich A H von Waldeck, brother of queen Emma/last ruler of Waldeck  

Jan 22   Friedrich Paschen, German physicist was born in the year 1865.  

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

Jan 08   On this day in history 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 in the year 1865.  

Feb 06   In the year 1865 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 in the year 1865.  

Feb 10   In the year 1865 death of heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b. 1804)  

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