Famous Deaths In 1865

Jan 03 Jozef Lies, Flemish painter, dies at 43 in the year 1865.

Jan 08 Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general (b. 1779) died on this day in history.

Jan 16 On this day in history death of edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828)

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

Feb 06 On this day in history 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 Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b. 1804) died on this day in history.

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

Feb 25 On this day in history otto Ludwig, German writer (Zwischen Himmel und Erde), dies at 47

Mar 01 Anna Paulowna Romanova, great monarch of Russia, dies at 70 in the year 1865.

Mar 02 Carl Sylvius Völkner, German missionary to New Zealand (b. 1819) died on this day in history.

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

Mar 20 On this day in history 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 Petrus Hoffman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar (b. 1786) died on this day in history.

Mar 28 In the year 1865 albert G Bilders, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 26

Apr 01 On this day in history death of giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (b. 1797)

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

Apr 06 John Austin Wharton, US Confederate general-major, dies at 36 in the year 1865.

Apr 08 John Park, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.

Apr 09 On this day in history thomas Alfred Smyth, Irish/US Union general-major, dies at 32

Apr 16 Robert C Tyler, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle on this day in history.

Apr 22 Francis Washburn, US Union colonel/gen major, dies of injuries on this day in history.

Apr 23 James Dearing, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 24 on this day in history.

Apr 26 Charles J Sax, Belgian inventor (saxophone), dies at 74 in the year 1865.

Apr 28 On this day in history 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 On this day in history william Clarke Quantrill, criminal/Confederate bushwhacker, dies at 27

Jun 02 On this day in history john E Feisser, founder (1st Dutch baptist church), dies at 59

Jun 03 On this day in history death of okada Izō, Japanese samurai (b. 1838)

Jun 08 Joseph Paxton, designer (Crystal Palace), dies on this day in history.

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 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 On this day in history 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 In the year 1865 birth of friedrich Paschen, German physicist