Page 6: Historical Events In 1865

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

Apr 14   John Wilkes Booth shoots Abraham Lincoln in the year 1865.   

Apr 14   On this day in history mobile, Alabama is captured   

Apr 14   On this day in history pres Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth   

Apr 15   Otto von Bismarck elevated to earl in the year 1865.   

Apr 15   The American president Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while watching a play on this day in history.   

Apr 16   Battle of Columbus & West Point, GA (Ft Tyler) on this day in history.   

Apr 16   In the year 1865 robert C Tyler, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle   

Apr 17   On this day in history mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in Lincoln's assassination   

Apr 18   Confederate Gen Johnson surrendered to Gen Sherman in North Carolina on this day in history.   

Apr 20   In the year 1865 chicago's Crosby Opera House opens   

Apr 20   Safety matches were first advertised this day on this day in history.   

Apr 21   On this day in history abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington   

Apr 22   In the year 1865 francis Washburn, US Union colonel/gen major, dies of injuries   

Apr 23   In the year 1865 james Dearing, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 24   

Apr 24   In the year 1865 fire alarm & police telegraph system put into operation (SF)   

Apr 26   On this day in history a De Gasparis discovers asteroid #83 Beatrix   

Apr 26   Battle of Durham Station, NC (Greensboro) on this day in history.   

Apr 26   Charles J Sax, Belgian inventor (saxophone), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Apr 26   On this day in history gen Joseph E Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee, at Durham, NC   

Apr 26   In the year 1865 john Wilkes Booth assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green, VA   

Apr 27   In the year 1865 1,450 paroled Union POWs killed when steamer "Sultana" blows up   

Apr 27   In the year 1865 body of John Wilkes Booth brought to Washington Navy Yard.   

Apr 27   In the year 1865 cornell University (Ithaca NY) is chartered   

Apr 27   Emile Erens, Dutch Hagiographer (Pastor of Ars) on this day in history.   

Apr 27   In the year 1865 steamboat "Sultana" explodes in Mississippi River, kills up to 2,000   

Apr 28   Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "L'Africaine," premieres in Paris in the year 1865.   

Apr 30   In the year 1865 -5/1] Gen Shermans "Haines's Bluff" at Snyder's Mill, Virginia   

May 02   Pres Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis on this day in history.   

May 02   President Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis in the year 1865.   

May 04   Battle of Citronville AL; Richard Taylor surrenders in the year 1865.   

May 04   Battle of Citronville, AL; Richard Taylor surrenders on this day in history.   

May 04   In the year 1865 battle of Mobile AL   

May 05   1st US train robbery (North Bend Ohio) in the year 1865.   

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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 in the year 1865.   

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   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 in the year 1865.   

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

Jan 16   On this day in history death of edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828)   

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1865.