Page 6: Historical Events In 1865

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

Apr 14   On this day in history john Wilkes Booth shoots Abraham Lincoln   

Apr 14   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history robert C Tyler, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle   

Apr 17   On this day in history 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   Chicago's Crosby Opera House opens in the year 1865.   

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

Apr 21   On this day in history abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington   

Apr 22   Francis Washburn, US Union colonel/gen major, dies of injuries in the year 1865.   

Apr 23   On this day in history james Dearing, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 24   

Apr 24   In the year 1865 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 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   In the year 1865 body of John Wilkes Booth brought to Washington Navy Yard.   

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 on this day in history.   

Apr 28   Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "L'Africaine," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

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

May 02   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1865 1st US train robbery (North Bend Ohio)   

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

Jan 03   Henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (d. 1936) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1865 birth of julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (d. 1920)   

Jan 10   Mary Ingalls, sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1928) was born on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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 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   In the year 1865 john Henry Winder, US Confederate brig-gen/provost marshal, dies at 64   

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

Feb 15   Nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies on this day in history.