Historical Events In 1865

Apr 01   Baie du Ha! Ha! Quebec, the first Canadian April Fools' Day on record celebrated by British troops and Canadian militia at Fort Poisson d'Avril on this day in history.  

Apr 01   In the year 1865 battle of 5 Forks, signalling end of Lee's army  

Apr 01   Richard Zsigmondy, Germany, chemist (Nobel-1925) on this day in history.  

Apr 02   On this day in history ambrose P Hill confederate general, dies at 39  

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

Apr 02   In the year 1865 battle of Petersburg, VA (Ft Gregg, Sutherland's Station)  

Apr 02   CSA Pres Jefferson Davis flees Confederate capital of Richmond, VA on this day in history.  

Apr 02   Gen A.P. Hill is killed by a Federal Picket on this day in history.  

Apr 02   Lee's line is broken at Petersberg in the year 1865.  

Apr 02   On this day in history richard Cobden founder Anti-Corn-Law League, dies at 60  

Apr 03   On this day in history battle at Namozine Church VA (Appomattox Campaign)  

Apr 03   Battle at Namozine Church, Virginia (Appomattox Campaign) in the year 1865.  

Apr 03   Union forces occupy Confederate capital of Richmond VA & Petersburg VA on this day in history.  

Apr 04   On this day in history lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse  

Apr 05   In the year 1865 battle at Amelia Springs/Jetersville VA (Appomattox Campaign)  

Apr 06   Battle of Sayler's Creek, 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off on this day in history.  

Apr 06   In the year 1865 john Austin Wharton, US Confederate general-major, dies at 36  

Apr 07   In the year 1865 battle of Farmville VA  

Apr 08   Battle of 5 Forks, signalling end of Lee's army on this day in history.  

Apr 08   In the year 1865 john Park, composer, dies at 61  

Apr 09   Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Germany, experiment with AC electricity in the year 1865.  

Apr 09   In the year 1865 federals capture Ft Blakely, Alabama  

Apr 09   In the year 1865 general Robert E Lee and 26,765 troops, surrender at Appomattox Court House in Virginia to US Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant  

Apr 09   Lee's retreat cut off near Appomattox Court House in the year 1865.  

Apr 09   Robert E Lee and 26,765 troops, surrender to US Grant at Appomattox in the year 1865.  

Apr 09   In the year 1865 the American Civil War ends with the surrender of the Confederate forces  

Apr 09   In the year 1865 thomas Alfred Smyth, Irish/US Union general-major, dies at 32  

Apr 10   At Appomattox, Gen Lee issues Gen Order #9, his last in the year 1865.  

Apr 11   In the year 1865 battle of Mobile, AL  

Apr 13   On this day in history battle of Raleigh, NC  

Apr 13   In the year 1865 heinrich Reinhardt, composer  

Apr 13   In the year 1865 sherman's march through Georgia begins  

Apr 13   Sherman's march through Georgia begins Southerners start promising that the South will rise again on this day in history.  

Apr 14   John Wiles Booth murders president Lincoln "But apart from that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?" in the year 1865.  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of giuseppe Ferrata, composer  

Jan 03   In the year 1865 birth of henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (d. 1936)  

Jan 05   Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (d. 1920) was born in the year 1865.  

Jan 10   In the year 1865 birth of mary Ingalls, sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1928)  

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   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  

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   Edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828) died in the year 1865.  

Jan 19   In the year 1865 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   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