Page 6: Historical Events In 1865

Apr 14   On this day in history 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   In the year 1865 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 on this day in history.   

Apr 15   On this day in history the American president Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while watching a play   

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

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

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

Apr 18   On this day in history confederate Gen Johnson surrendered to Gen Sherman in North Carolina   

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

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

Apr 21   Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington on this day in history.   

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

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

Apr 24   On this day in history fire alarm & police telegraph system put into operation (SF)   

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 in the year 1865.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Apr 27   Cornell University (Ithaca NY) is chartered on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Apr 30   On this day in history -5/1] Gen Shermans "Haines's Bluff" at Snyder's Mill, Virginia   

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

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

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

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

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   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   In the year 1865 birth of julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (d. 1920)   

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   On this day in history birth of friedrich A H von Waldeck, brother of queen Emma/last ruler of Waldeck   

Jan 22   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies