Famous Deaths Happened In 1865

Jan 03 Jozef Lies, Flemish painter, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

Jan 08 On this day in history death of aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general (b. 1779)  

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

Jan 19 On this day in history death of pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809)  

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

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  

Feb 25 Otto Ludwig, German writer (Zwischen Himmel und Erde), dies at 47 on this day in history.  

Mar 01 Anna Paulowna Romanova, great monarch of Russia, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Mar 02 On this day in history death of carl Sylvius Völkner, German missionary to New Zealand (b. 1819)  

Mar 10 William Henry "Little Billy" Chase Whiting, Confed gen-maj, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

Mar 20 In the year 1865 death of keisuke Yamanami, Japanese samurai (b. 1833)  

Mar 26 In the year 1865 thomas Hancock, pioneer of rubber industry (Stoke Newington), dies  

Mar 27 In the year 1865 death of petrus Hoffman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar (b. 1786)  

Mar 28 On this day in history albert G Bilders, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 26  

Apr 01 Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (b. 1797) died in the year 1865.  

Apr 02 In the year 1865 death of ambrose Powell Hill, Confederate general, killed in action at 39  

Apr 06 On this day in history john Austin Wharton, US Confederate general-major, dies at 36  

Apr 08 On this day in history john Park, composer, dies at 61  

Apr 09 Thomas Alfred Smyth, Irish/US Union general-major, dies at 32 on this day in history.  

Apr 16 On this day in history robert C Tyler, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle  

Apr 22 In the year 1865 francis Washburn, US Union colonel/gen major, dies of injuries  

Apr 23 On this day in history james Dearing, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 24  

Apr 26 In the year 1865 charles J Sax, Belgian inventor (saxophone), dies at 74  

Apr 28 In the year 1865 death of samuel Cunard, Canadian-born British shipping magnate (b. 1787)  

Apr 30 In the year 1865 death of robert Fitzroy, English admiral and meteorologist (b. 1805)  

May 30 In the year 1865 william Clarke Quantrill, criminal/Confederate bushwhacker, dies at 27  

Jun 02 In the year 1865 john E Feisser, founder (1st Dutch baptist church), dies at 59  

Jun 03 Okada Izō, Japanese samurai (b. 1838) died on this day in history.  

Jun 08 Joseph Paxton, designer (Crystal Palace), dies in the year 1865.  

Jun 13 Cleaveland J Campbell, Union brig-general, dies at about 29 on this day in history.  

Jun 15 In the year 1865 death of edmun Ruffin, US secessionist/writer, commits suicide  

Jun 21 In the year 1865 death of frances Adeline Seward, wife of United States Secretary of State William H. Seward (b. 1824)  

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Jan 01 In the year 1865 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 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 20 Friedrich A H von Waldeck, brother of queen Emma/last ruler of Waldeck was born on this day in history.  

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