Famous Deaths Happened In 1865

Jan 03 Jozef Lies, Flemish painter, dies at 43 in the year 1865.  

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 in the year 1865.  

Jan 19 On this day in history death of pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809)  

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

Feb 07 In the year 1865 john Henry Winder, US Confederate brig-gen/provost marshal, dies at 64  

Feb 10 Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b. 1804) died in the year 1865.  

Feb 15 On this day in history nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies  

Feb 25 Otto Ludwig, German writer (Zwischen Himmel und Erde), dies at 47 in the year 1865.  

Mar 01 Anna Paulowna Romanova, great monarch of Russia, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Mar 02 In the year 1865 death of carl Sylvius Völkner, German missionary to New Zealand (b. 1819)  

Mar 10 William Henry "Little Billy" Chase Whiting, Confed gen-maj, dies at 48 in the year 1865.  

Mar 20 On this day in history death of keisuke Yamanami, Japanese samurai (b. 1833)  

Mar 26 On this day in history thomas Hancock, pioneer of rubber industry (Stoke Newington), dies  

Mar 27 In the year 1865 death of petrus Hoffman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar (b. 1786)  

Mar 28 Albert G Bilders, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 26 on this day in history.  

Apr 01 Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (b. 1797) died on this day in history.  

Apr 02 On this day in history death of ambrose Powell Hill, Confederate general, killed in action at 39  

Apr 06 On this day in history john Austin Wharton, US Confederate general-major, dies at 36  

Apr 08 John Park, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1865.  

Apr 09 Thomas Alfred Smyth, Irish/US Union general-major, dies at 32 on this day in history.  

Apr 16 On this day in history robert C Tyler, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle  

Apr 22 Francis Washburn, US Union colonel/gen major, dies of injuries on this day in history.  

Apr 23 James Dearing, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 24 on this day in history.  

Apr 26 Charles J Sax, Belgian inventor (saxophone), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Apr 28 Samuel Cunard, Canadian-born British shipping magnate (b. 1787) died on this day in history.  

Apr 30 Robert Fitzroy, English admiral and meteorologist (b. 1805) died in the year 1865.  

May 30 William Clarke Quantrill, criminal/Confederate bushwhacker, dies at 27 in the year 1865.  

Jun 02 John E Feisser, founder (1st Dutch baptist church), dies at 59 on this day in history.  

Jun 03 In the year 1865 death of okada Izō, Japanese samurai (b. 1838)  

Jun 08 On this day in history joseph Paxton, designer (Crystal Palace), dies  

Jun 13 Cleaveland J Campbell, Union brig-general, dies at about 29 on this day in history.  

Jun 15 Edmun Ruffin, US secessionist/writer, commits suicide died in the year 1865.  

Jun 21 Frances Adeline Seward, wife of United States Secretary of State William H. Seward (b. 1824) died on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 17 Gen Sir Charles Fergusson, Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1951) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 20 In the year 1865 birth of friedrich A H von Waldeck, brother of queen Emma/last ruler of Waldeck  

Jan 22 On this day in history birth of friedrich Paschen, German physicist