Page 6: Historical Events In 1865

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

Apr 14   John Wilkes Booth shoots Abraham Lincoln on this day in history.   

Apr 14   Mobile, Alabama is captured on this day in history.   

Apr 14   Pres Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth in the year 1865.   

Apr 15   In the year 1865 otto von Bismarck elevated to earl   

Apr 15   The American president Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while watching a play in the year 1865.   

Apr 16   In the year 1865 battle of Columbus & West Point, GA (Ft Tyler)   

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

Apr 17   In the year 1865 mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in Lincoln's assassination   

Apr 18   Confederate Gen Johnson surrendered to Gen Sherman in North Carolina in the year 1865.   

Apr 20   Chicago's Crosby Opera House opens in the year 1865.   

Apr 20   In the year 1865 safety matches were first advertised this day.   

Apr 21   Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington in the year 1865.   

Apr 22   Francis Washburn, US Union colonel/gen major, dies of injuries on this day in history.   

Apr 23   James Dearing, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 24 on this day in history.   

Apr 24   Fire alarm & police telegraph system put into operation (SF) in the year 1865.   

Apr 26   A De Gasparis discovers asteroid #83 Beatrix on this day in history.   

Apr 26   Battle of Durham Station, NC (Greensboro) in the year 1865.   

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

Apr 26   Gen Joseph E Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee, at Durham, NC on this day in history.   

Apr 26   On this day in history 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   Body of John Wilkes Booth brought to Washington Navy Yard in the year 1865.   

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

Apr 27   On this day in history emile Erens, Dutch Hagiographer (Pastor of Ars)   

Apr 27   Steamboat "Sultana" explodes in Mississippi River, kills up to 2,000 on this day in history.   

Apr 28   On this day in history giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "L'Africaine," premieres in Paris   

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 in the year 1865.   

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

May 04   On this day in history battle of Citronville AL; Richard Taylor surrenders   

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

May 04   Battle of Mobile AL in the year 1865.   

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 in the year 1865.   

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   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   Friedrich Paschen, German physicist was born in the year 1865.   

Jan 03   On this day in history jozef Lies, Flemish painter, dies at 43   

Jan 08   On this day in history 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   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   John Henry Winder, US Confederate brig-gen/provost marshal, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Feb 10   In the year 1865 death of heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b. 1804)   

Feb 15   In the year 1865 nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies