Historical Events In 1865

Apr 01   -9] Battle at Blakely Alabama on this day in history.  

Apr 01   In the year 1865 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.  

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

Apr 01   In the year 1865 richard Zsigmondy, Germany, chemist (Nobel-1925)  

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history gen A.P. Hill is killed by a Federal Picket  

Apr 02   On this day in history lee's line is broken at Petersberg  

Apr 02   Richard Cobden founder Anti-Corn-Law League, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Apr 03   Battle at Namozine Church VA (Appomattox Campaign) on this day in history.  

Apr 03   Battle at Namozine Church, Virginia (Appomattox Campaign) on this day in history.  

Apr 03   On this day in history union forces occupy Confederate capital of Richmond VA & Petersburg VA  

Apr 04   Lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse in the year 1865.  

Apr 05   On this day in history 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   John Austin Wharton, US Confederate general-major, dies at 36 on this day in history.  

Apr 07   Battle of Farmville VA in the year 1865.  

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   On this day in history charles Proteus Steinmetz, Germany, experiment with AC electricity  

Apr 09   On this day in history federals capture Ft Blakely, Alabama  

Apr 09   General Robert E Lee and 26,765 troops, surrender at Appomattox Court House in Virginia to US Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant on this day in history.  

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

Apr 09   In the year 1865 robert E Lee and 26,765 troops, surrender to US Grant at Appomattox  

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

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

Apr 10   In the year 1865 at Appomattox, Gen Lee issues Gen Order #9, his last  

Apr 11   Battle of Mobile, AL in the year 1865.  

Apr 13   Battle of Raleigh, NC on this day in history.  

Apr 13   Heinrich Reinhardt, composer in the year 1865.  

Apr 13   On this day in history sherman's march through Georgia begins  

Apr 13   In the year 1865 sherman's march through Georgia begins Southerners start promising that the South will rise again  

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

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   On this day in history birth of friedrich Paschen, German physicist  

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

Jan 19   Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809) died in the year 1865.  

Feb 06   John Pegram, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33 on this day in history.  

Feb 07   On this day in history john Henry Winder, US Confederate brig-gen/provost marshal, dies at 64  

Feb 10   Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b. 1804) died in the year 1865.  

Feb 15   Nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies on this day in history.