Famous Deaths Happened In 1865

Jan 03 Jozef lies: Flemish painter,  

Jan 08 Aimé: Duc de clermont-tonnerre, french general (b. 1779)  

Jan 16 Edmond françois valentin about: French writer (b. 1828)  

Jan 19 Pierre-joseph proudhon: French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809)  

Feb 06 John pegram: Us confederate brig-gen,  

Feb 07 John henry winder: Us confederate brig-gen/provost marshal,  

Feb 10 Heinrich lenz: German physicist (b. 1804)  

Feb 15 Nicholas wiseman: 1st archbishop of westminster (1850-65),  

Feb 25 Otto ludwig: German writer (zwischen himmel und erde),  

Mar 01 Anna paulowna romanova: Great monarch of russia,  

Mar 02 Carl sylvius völkner: German missionary to new zealand (b. 1819)  

Mar 10 William henry "little billy" chase whiting: Confed gen-maj,  

Mar 20 Keisuke yamanami: Japanese samurai (b. 1833)  

Mar 26 Thomas hancock: Pioneer of rubber industry (stoke newington),  

Mar 27 Petrus hoffman peerlkamp: Dutch scholar (b. 1786)  

Mar 28 Albert g bilders: Dutch landscape painter,  

Apr 01 Giuditta pasta: Italian soprano (b. 1797)  

Apr 02 Ambrose powell hill: Confederate general, killed in action at 39  

Apr 06 John austin wharton: Us confederate general-major,  

Apr 08 John park: Composer,  

Apr 09 Thomas alfred smyth: Irish/us union general-major,  

Apr 16 Robert c tyler: Us confederate brig-general,  

Apr 22 Francis washburn: Us union colonel/gen major,  

Apr 23 James dearing: Us confederate brig-general,  

Apr 26 Charles j sax: Belgian inventor (saxophone),  

Apr 28 Samuel cunard: Canadian-born british shipping magnate (b. 1787)  

Apr 30 Robert fitzroy: English admiral and meteorologist (b. 1805)  

May 30 William clarke quantrill: Criminal/confederate bushwhacker,  

Jun 02 John e feisser: Founder (1st dutch baptist church),  

Jun 03 Okada izō: Japanese samurai (b. 1838)  

Jun 08 Joseph paxton: Designer (crystal palace),  

Jun 13 Cleaveland j campbell: Union brig-general,  

Jun 15 Edmun ruffin: Us secessionist/writer, commits suicide  

Jun 21 Frances adeline seward: Wife of united states secretary of state william h. seward (b. 1824)  

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Jan 01 Giuseppe ferrata: Composer  

Jan 03 Henry lytton: British actor and opera singer  

Jan 05 Julio garavito armero: Colombian astronomer  

Jan 10 Mary ingalls: Sister of laura ingalls wilder  

Jan 13 Princess marie of orl�ans: Princess marie of orl�ans (d. 1908)  

Jan 17 Gen sir charles fergusson: Governor-general of new zealand  

Jan 20 Friedrich a h von waldeck: Brother of queen emma/last ruler of waldeck  

Jan 22 Friedrich paschen: German physicist