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   On this day in history john Wilkes Booth shoots Abraham Lincoln   

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

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

Apr 15   On this day in history otto von Bismarck elevated to earl   

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   On this day in history robert C Tyler, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle   

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

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

Apr 20   Chicago's Crosby Opera House opens on this day in history.   

Apr 20   On this day in history safety matches were first advertised this day.   

Apr 21   In the year 1865 abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington   

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

Apr 23   On this day in history james Dearing, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 24   

Apr 24   Fire alarm & police telegraph system put into operation (SF) on this day in history.   

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

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

Apr 26   On this day in history john Wilkes Booth assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green, VA   

Apr 27   1,450 paroled Union POWs killed when steamer "Sultana" blows up on this day in history.   

Apr 27   Body of John Wilkes Booth brought to Washington Navy Yard in the year 1865.   

Apr 27   On this day in history cornell University (Ithaca NY) is chartered   

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

Apr 27   On this day in history steamboat "Sultana" explodes in Mississippi River, kills up to 2,000   

Apr 28   Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "L'Africaine," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

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

May 02   In the year 1865 pres Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis   

May 02   In the year 1865 president Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis   

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   Battle of Mobile AL on this day in history.   

May 05   On this day in history 1st US train robbery (North Bend Ohio)   

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

Feb 06   On this day in history 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   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.