Historical Events In 1865

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   Battle of 5 Forks, signalling end of Lee's army in the year 1865.  

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

Apr 02   In the year 1865 ambrose P Hill confederate general, dies at 39  

Apr 02   Ambrose Powell Hill, Confederate general, killed in action at 39 in the year 1865.  

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

Apr 02   In the year 1865 cSA Pres Jefferson Davis flees Confederate capital of Richmond, VA  

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

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

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

Apr 03   In the year 1865 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   In the year 1865 battle of Sayler's Creek, 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off  

Apr 06   John Austin Wharton, US Confederate general-major, dies at 36 on this day in history.  

Apr 07   On this day in history battle of Farmville VA  

Apr 08   On this day in history battle of 5 Forks, signalling end of Lee's army  

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

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   On this day in history lee's retreat cut off near Appomattox Court House  

Apr 09   On this day in history robert E Lee and 26,765 troops, surrender to US Grant at Appomattox  

Apr 09   The American Civil War ends with the surrender of the Confederate forces in the year 1865.  

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   Battle of Raleigh, NC in the year 1865.  

Apr 13   Heinrich Reinhardt, composer in the year 1865.  

Apr 13   Sherman's march through Georgia begins in the year 1865.  

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

Apr 14   John Wiles Booth murders president Lincoln "But apart from that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?" on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   Giuseppe Ferrata, composer was born in the year 1865.  

Jan 03   Henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (d. 1936) was born in the year 1865.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (d. 1920)  

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

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of princess Marie of Orléans (d. 1908)  

Jan 17   Gen Sir Charles Fergusson, Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1951) was born in the year 1865.  

Jan 20   Friedrich A H von Waldeck, brother of queen Emma/last ruler of Waldeck was born on this day in history.  

Jan 22   On this day in history birth of friedrich Paschen, German physicist  

Jan 03   In the year 1865 jozef Lies, Flemish painter, dies at 43  

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 in the year 1865.  

Feb 06   In the year 1865 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 on this day in history.  

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

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