Historical Events In 1865

Mar 13   On this day in history jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers   

Mar 13   US Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service on this day in history.   

Mar 16   On this day in history battle of Averasboro NC (1,500 casualities)   

Mar 18   In the year 1865 battle of Wilson's raid to Selma AL   

Mar 18   On this day in history battle of Wilson's raid to Selma, AL   

Mar 18   On this day in history congress of Confederate States of American adjourns for last time   

Mar 19   Battle of Bentonville-Confederates retreat from Greenville NC in the year 1865.   

Mar 20   On this day in history 2nd day of Battle of Bentonville NC   

Mar 20   On this day in history michigan authorizes workers' cooperatives   

Mar 21   Battle of Bentonville ends, last Confederate effort to stop Sherman in the year 1865.   

Mar 22   On this day in history raid at Wilson's Chickaswas AL to Macon GA   

Mar 22   Raid at Wilson's: Chickaswas AL to Macon GA in the year 1865.   

Mar 22   On this day in history theophile Ysaye, composer   

Mar 23   In the year 1865 british Parliament votes £50,000 for Canadian defense; after Union ship Kearsarge sinks Confederate ship Alabama, built in UK   

Mar 23   General Sherman/Cox' troops reach Goldsboro NC in the year 1865.   

Mar 25   On this day in history battle of Bluff Spring FL   

Mar 25   On this day in history battle of Bluff Spring, FL   

Mar 25   First Queensland Divorce Act is passed in the year 1865.   

Mar 25   SS General Lyon at Cape Hatteras catches fire & sinks, killing 400 on this day in history.   

Mar 26   On this day in history thomas Hancock, pioneer of rubber industry (Stoke Newington), dies   

Mar 27   In the year 1865 independent British colony of Kaffaria is incorporated with Cape Colony in South Africa.   

Mar 27   In the year 1865 siege of Spanish Fort AL captured by Federals   

Mar 27   In the year 1865 siege of Spanish Fort AL: captured by Federals   

Mar 27   In the year 1865 siege of Spanish Fort, AL-captured by Federals   

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

Mar 29   In the year 1865 -Apr 9th], Appomattox campaign, VA , 7582 killed   

Mar 29   Appomattox campaign, Virginia, 7582 killed on this day in history.   

Mar 29   On this day in history battle of Quaker Road, Virginia   

Mar 30   On this day in history -4] Battle at 5 Forks Virginia   

Mar 30   In the year 1865 battle at 5 Forks Virginia   

Mar 30   On this day in history heinrich Rubens, German physicist   

Mar 31   On this day in history battle of Boydton, VA (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie C H)   

Mar 31   Battle of Boydton, Virginia (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie Court House) on this day in history.   

Mar 31   General Pickette moves to 5 Forks, abandoning the defense of Peterburg on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   Giuseppe Ferrata, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (d. 1936) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (d. 1920) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Mary Ingalls, sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1928) was born in the year 1865.   

Jan 13   Princess Marie of Orléans (d. 1908) was born in the year 1865.   

Jan 17   In the year 1865 birth of gen Sir Charles Fergusson, Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1951)   

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 in the year 1865.   

Jan 03   On this day in history jozef Lies, Flemish painter, dies at 43   

Jan 08   In the year 1865 death of aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general (b. 1779)   

Jan 16   Edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828) died on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1865 john Henry Winder, US Confederate brig-gen/provost marshal, dies at 64   

Feb 10   On this day in history death of heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b. 1804)   

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