Historical Events In 1865

Apr 14   In the year 1865 john Wilkes Booth shoots Abraham Lincoln  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

Apr 17   Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in Lincoln's assassination on this day in history.  

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   Safety matches were first advertised this day in the year 1865.  

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1865 a De Gasparis discovers asteroid #83 Beatrix  

Apr 26   On this day in history battle of Durham Station, NC (Greensboro)  

Apr 26   On this day in history charles J Sax, Belgian inventor (saxophone), dies at 74  

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

Apr 26   John Wilkes Booth assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green, VA in the year 1865.  

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

Apr 27   On this day in history body of John Wilkes Booth brought to Washington Navy Yard.  

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   Steamboat "Sultana" explodes in Mississippi River, kills up to 2,000 in the year 1865.  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1865 1st US train robbery (North Bend Ohio)  

May 05   Felicjan Szopski, composer in the year 1865.  

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Jan 01   Giuseppe Ferrata, composer was born on this day in history.  

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   Mary Ingalls, sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1928) was born in the year 1865.  

Jan 13   In the year 1865 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 in the year 1865.  

Jan 22   Friedrich Paschen, German physicist was born in the year 1865.  

Jan 03   In the year 1865 jozef Lies, Flemish painter, dies at 43  

Jan 08   Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general (b. 1779) died in the year 1865.  

Jan 16   Edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828) died on this day in history.  

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   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 on this day in history.  

Feb 15   Nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies in the year 1865.