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   In the year 1865 john Wilkes Booth shoots Abraham Lincoln  

Apr 14   In the year 1865 mobile, Alabama is captured  

Apr 14   Pres Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1865 mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in Lincoln's assassination  

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

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   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   James Dearing, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 24 in the year 1865.  

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

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 in the year 1865.  

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

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

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   In the year 1865 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   Pres Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis in the year 1865.  

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 in the year 1865.  

May 04   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.  

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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   In the year 1865 birth of mary Ingalls, sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1928)  

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   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   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   Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809) died in the year 1865.  

Feb 06   John Pegram, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33 in the year 1865.  

Feb 07   John Henry Winder, US Confederate brig-gen/provost marshal, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Feb 10   On this day in history death of heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b. 1804)  

Feb 15   In the year 1865 nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies