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

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 on this day in history.  

Apr 16   On this day in history battle of Columbus & West Point, GA (Ft Tyler)  

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 in the year 1865.  

Apr 20   Safety matches were first advertised this day in the year 1865.  

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

Apr 22   On this day in history 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   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   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 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 27   Emile Erens, Dutch Hagiographer (Pastor of Ars) in the year 1865.  

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

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

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   On this day in history president Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis  

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

May 04   In the year 1865 battle of Citronville, AL; Richard Taylor surrenders  

May 04   Battle of Mobile AL on this day in history.  

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

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Jan 01   Giuseppe Ferrata, composer was born in the year 1865.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (d. 1936)  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (d. 1920)  

Jan 10   Mary Ingalls, sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1928) was born in the year 1865.  

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   In the year 1865 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   In the year 1865 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   Edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828) died in the year 1865.  

Jan 19   Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809) died on this day in history.  

Feb 06   On this day in history 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   In the year 1865 nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies