Page 4: Historical Events In 1865

Mar 16   Battle of Averasboro NC (1500 casualities).   

Mar 18   Battle of Wilson's raid to Selma AL.   

Mar 18   Battle of Wilson's raid to Selma, AL.   

Mar 18   Congress of Confederate States of American adjourns for last time   

Mar 19   Battle of Bentonville-Confederates retreat from Greenville NC.   

Mar 20   2nd day of Battle of Bentonville NC   

Mar 20   Michigan authorizes workers' cooperatives   

Mar 21   Battle of Bentonville ends, last Confederate effort to stop Sherman   

Mar 22   Raid at Wilson's Chickaswas AL to Macon GA   

Mar 22   Raid at Wilson's: Chickaswas AL to Macon GA   

Mar 22   Theophile Ysaye, composer   

Mar 23   General Sherman/Cox' troops reach Goldsboro NC.   

Mar 25   Battle of Bluff Spring FL.   

Mar 25   Battle of Bluff Spring, FL.   

Mar 25   inaugural Queensland Divorce Act is passed.   

Mar 25   SS General Lyon at Cape Hatteras catches fire and sinks, killing 400.   

Mar 26   Thomas Hancock, pioneer of rubber industry (Stoke Newington), dies.   

Mar 27   Independent British colony of Kaffaria is incorporated with Cape Colony in South Africa.   

Mar 27   Siege of Spanish Fort AL captured by Federals.   

Mar 27   Siege of Spanish Fort AL: captured by Federals.   

Mar 27   Siege of Spanish Fort, AL-captured by Federals   

Mar 28   Albert G Bilders, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 26   

Mar 29   -Apr 9th], Appomattox campaign, VA , 7582 killed.   

Mar 29   Appomattox campaign, Virginia, 7582 killed.   

Mar 29   Battle of Quaker Road, Virginia   

Mar 30   -4] Battle at 5 Forks Virginia.   

Mar 30   Battle at 5 Forks Virginia   

Mar 30   Heinrich Rubens, German physicist   

Mar 31   Battle of Boydton, VA (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie C H)   

Mar 31   Battle of Boydton, Virginia (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie Court House).   

Mar 31   General Pickette moves to 5 Forks, abandoning the defense of Peterburg.   

Apr 01   -9] Battle at Blakely Alabama.   

Apr 01   Baie du Ha! Ha! Quebec, the inaugural Canadian April Fools' Day on record celebrated by British troops and Canadian militia at Fort Poisson d'Avril   

Apr 01   Battle of 5 Forks, signalling end of Lee's army.   

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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   

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),