Page 9: Historical Events In 1865

Jul 10   Jan "Pa" van der Steur, Dutch philanthropist (Steurtjes)   

Jul 13   Horace Greeley advises his readers to "Go west young man".   

Jul 13   PT Barnum's museum burns down.   

Jul 14   1st ascent of Matterhorn.   

Jul 14   Annie Jones, Virginia, bearded lady.   

Jul 14   The inaugural ascent of Matterhorn.   

Jul 15   Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe   

Jul 15   Reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink, Dutch historian, dies at 55.   

Jul 16   George A Birmingham, [Rev James Owen Hannay], novelist   

Jul 18   Laurence Housman, England, author/playwright (Victoria Regina).   

Jul 19   Charles Horace Mayo, surgeon/co-founder (Mayo Clinic)   

Jul 21   In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and results in the deaths of Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the inaugural true western showdown   

Jul 21   Robert Kahn, composer.   

Jul 22   V E Walker takes 10-104 in an innings for Middlesex v Lancs.   

Jul 23   Friedrich Aereboe, landhuishoudkundige   

Jul 24   Frank Wedekind, writer.   

Jul 24   Johan Filip von Schantz, composer, dies at 30.   

Jul 25   "James Barry", military surgeon, inaugural female Briton to become a qualified medical doctor   

Jul 25   Jac[obus] P Thijsse, Dutch biologist/educator (Contact with Plants).   

Jul 26   Patrick Francis Healy is 1st black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium).   

Jul 26   Patrick Francis Healy is inaugural black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium)   

Jul 26   Philipp Scheidemann, German Parliament (SPD)/mayor of Kassel.   

Jul 27   Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.   

Jul 29   Nicola Spinelli, composer.   

Jul 30   George Wright, US Union brig-general, dies at 61.   

Jul 30   Pope Pius IX visits Suriname   

Jul 31   East India Squadron established to operate from Sunda Strait to Japan.   

Jul 31   The inaugural narrow gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Australia   

Aug 02   In this year, Lewis Carroll publishes "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"   

Aug 02   Irving Babbitt, US writer (Rousseau and Romanticism)   

Aug 10   Alexander K Glazunov, St Petersburg Russia, composer (Chopiniana).   

Aug 12   William Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies.   

Aug 13   Ignaz Semmelweis, gynecologist, dies at 47   

Aug 15   Johan[nes] B Schepers, Frisian writer (Braga)   

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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),