Historical Events In 1865

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

Apr 01   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history cSA Pres Jefferson Davis flees Confederate capital of Richmond, VA  

Apr 02   In the year 1865 gen A.P. Hill is killed by a Federal Picket  

Apr 02   In the year 1865 lee's line is broken at Petersberg  

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

Apr 03   In the year 1865 battle at Namozine Church VA (Appomattox Campaign)  

Apr 03   In the year 1865 battle at Namozine Church, Virginia (Appomattox Campaign)  

Apr 03   Union forces occupy Confederate capital of Richmond VA & Petersburg VA in the year 1865.  

Apr 04   Lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse on this day in history.  

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

Apr 07   Battle of Farmville VA on this day in history.  

Apr 08   Battle of 5 Forks, signalling end of Lee's army in the year 1865.  

Apr 08   John Park, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1865.  

Apr 09   In the year 1865 charles Proteus Steinmetz, Germany, experiment with AC electricity  

Apr 09   Federals capture Ft Blakely, Alabama on this day in history.  

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   The American Civil War ends with the surrender of the Confederate forces on this day in history.  

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

Apr 10   At Appomattox, Gen Lee issues Gen Order #9, his last on this day in history.  

Apr 11   In the year 1865 battle of Mobile, AL  

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

Apr 13   On this day in history heinrich Reinhardt, composer  

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

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

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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   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 on this day in history.  

Jan 17   Gen Sir Charles Fergusson, Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1951) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 20   Friedrich A H von Waldeck, brother of queen Emma/last ruler of Waldeck was born in the year 1865.  

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   Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general (b. 1779) died on this day in history.  

Jan 16   In the year 1865 death of edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828)  

Jan 19   In the year 1865 death of pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809)  

Feb 06   In the year 1865 john Pegram, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33  

Feb 07   In the year 1865 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 in the year 1865.