Historical Events In 1865

Apr 14   In the year 1865 john Wiles Booth murders president Lincoln "But apart from that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?"  

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

Apr 14   Mobile, Alabama is captured in the year 1865.  

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

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

Apr 15   In the year 1865 the American president Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while watching a play  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Apr 20   On this day in history chicago's Crosby Opera House opens  

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

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

Apr 22   On this day in history francis Washburn, US Union colonel/gen major, dies of injuries  

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 in the year 1865.  

Apr 26   John Wilkes Booth assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green, VA on this day in history.  

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

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   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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1865 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   Battle of Citronville, AL; Richard Taylor surrenders in the year 1865.  

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

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

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Jan 01   In the year 1865 birth of giuseppe Ferrata, composer  

Jan 03   In the year 1865 birth of henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (d. 1936)  

Jan 05   Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (d. 1920) was born on this day in history.  

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   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   In the year 1865 birth of friedrich Paschen, German physicist  

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   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   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 in the year 1865.  

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