Page 8: Historical Events In 1865

Jun 09   Battle of Grand Gulf, MS.   

Jun 10   Frederick A Cook, US, explorer (claimed falsely to be at North Pole)   

Jun 10   Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" 1st performance Munich Germany   

Jun 11   Jan H Leopold, Dutch poet (translated Omar Khayyam).   

Jun 13   Cleaveland J Campbell, Union brig-general, dies at about 29.   

Jun 13   Pres Johnson proclaims reconstruction confederate states   

Jun 13   William Butler Yeats, Ireland, poet (Wild Swans at Coole-Nobel 1923).   

Jun 14   Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer.   

Jun 15   Edmun Ruffin, US secessionist/writer, commits suicide   

Jun 15   L H Perquin, Dutch religious radio speaker   

Jun 19   Alfred Hugenberg, German RC pres-dir of Krupp/media magnate   

Jun 19   All slaves in Texas freed   

Jun 19   Siege of Richmond, VA   

Jun 21   Albert Herbert Brewer, composer   

Jun 22   1st class cricket debut of Dr W G Grace.   

Jun 23   At Fort Towson, Gen Stand Watie surrenders last sizeable army.   

Jun 23   At Ft Towson, Gen Stand Watie surrenders last sizeable confed army.   

Jun 25   Robert Henri, US painter, leader of Ashcan school   

Jun 26   Bernard Berenson, art critic (Italian Painters of the Renaissance).   

Jun 28   CSS Shenandoah captures 11 American whalers in one day   

Jun 28   Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer/journalist (Remarkable Stories)   

Jun 28   The Army of the Potomac is disbanded   

Jun 29   Shigechiyo Izumi, achieved oldest authenticated age (120 y 237 d).   

Jun 30   8 alleged conspirators in assassination of Lincoln are are discovered guilty.   

Jul 02   Lili Braun, Prussia, feminist/socialist writer (Im Schatten Titanen)   

Jul 02   William Booth forms the Salvation Army.   

Jul 02   William Booth founds Salvation Army (Army of the Salvation).   

Jul 04   1st edition of "Alice in Wonderland" is published   

Jul 04   The inaugural edition of "Alice in Wonderland" is published   

Jul 05   Great Britain delegate's world 1st maximum speed laws.   

Jul 05   William Booth founded Salvation Army in London   

Jul 07   4 Lincoln assassination conspirators, including Mary Surratt, hanged   

Jul 07   Lewis Paine, David Herold, George Atzerodt, and Mary Surratt were executed for their role in a conspiracy to throw the Union government into turmoil.   

Jul 07   Mary Surratt, and 3 other Lincoln conspirators, hanged   

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Jan 01   Giuseppe ferrata: Composer   

Jan 03   Henry lytton: British actor and opera singer   

Jan 05   Julio garavito armero: Colombian astronomer   

Jan 10   Mary ingalls: Sister of laura ingalls wilder   

Jan 13   Princess marie of orl�ans: Princess marie of orl�ans (d. 1908)   

Jan 17   Gen sir charles fergusson: Governor-general of new zealand    

Jan 20   Friedrich a h von waldeck: Brother of queen emma/last ruler of waldeck   

Jan 22   Friedrich paschen: German physicist   

Jan 03   Jozef lies: Flemish painter,    

Jan 08   Aimé: Duc de clermont-tonnerre, french general (b. 1779)   

Jan 16   Edmond françois valentin about: French writer (b. 1828)   

Jan 19   Pierre-joseph proudhon: French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809)   

Feb 06   John pegram: Us confederate brig-gen,   

Feb 07   John henry winder: Us confederate brig-gen/provost marshal,    

Feb 10   Heinrich lenz: German physicist (b. 1804)   

Feb 15   Nicholas wiseman: 1st archbishop of westminster (1850-65),