Historical Events In 1865

Jul 07   4 Lincoln assassination conspirators, including Mary Surratt, hanged on this day in history.  

Jul 07   In the year 1865 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) in the year 1865.  

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

Jul 13   On this day in history pT Barnum's museum burns down  

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   In the year 1865 the first ascent of Matterhorn  

Jul 15   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history robert Kahn, composer  

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

Jul 23   Friedrich Aereboe, landhuishoudkundige in the year 1865.  

Jul 24   On this day in history frank Wedekind, writer  

Jul 24   On this day in history johan Filip von Schantz, composer, dies at 30  

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   Patrick Francis Healy is first black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium) in the year 1865.  

Jul 26   Philipp Scheidemann, German Parliament (SPD)/mayor of Kassel in the year 1865.  

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

Jul 29   In the year 1865 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 in the year 1865.  

Jul 31   East India Squadron established to operate from Sunda Strait to Japan in the year 1865.  

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   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)  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of princess Marie of Orléans (d. 1908)  

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of gen Sir Charles Fergusson, Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1951)  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1865 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   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   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 in the year 1865.  

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

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