Page 5: Historical Events In 1865

Apr 01   On this day in history -9] Battle at Blakely Alabama   

Apr 01   Baie du Ha! Ha! Quebec, the first Canadian April Fools' Day on record celebrated by British troops and Canadian militia at Fort Poisson d'Avril in the year 1865.   

Apr 01   In the year 1865 battle of 5 Forks, signalling end of Lee's army   

Apr 01   Richard Zsigmondy, Germany, chemist (Nobel-1925) in the year 1865.   

Apr 02   On this day in history ambrose P Hill confederate general, dies at 39   

Apr 02   Ambrose Powell Hill, Confederate general, killed in action at 39 on this day in history.   

Apr 02   Battle of Petersburg, VA (Ft Gregg, Sutherland's Station) on this day in history.   

Apr 02   CSA Pres Jefferson Davis flees Confederate capital of Richmond, VA on this day in history.   

Apr 02   Gen A.P. Hill is killed by a Federal Picket on this day in history.   

Apr 02   Lee's line is broken at Petersberg on this day in history.   

Apr 02   Richard Cobden founder Anti-Corn-Law League, dies at 60 in the year 1865.   

Apr 03   On this day in history battle at Namozine Church VA (Appomattox Campaign)   

Apr 03   In the year 1865 battle at Namozine Church, Virginia (Appomattox Campaign)   

Apr 03   On this day in history union forces occupy Confederate capital of Richmond VA & Petersburg VA   

Apr 04   On this day in history lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse   

Apr 05   In the year 1865 battle at Amelia Springs/Jetersville VA (Appomattox Campaign)   

Apr 06   In the year 1865 battle of Sayler's Creek, 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off   

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

Apr 07   On this day in history battle of Farmville VA   

Apr 08   Battle of 5 Forks, signalling end of Lee's army in the year 1865.   

Apr 08   In the year 1865 john Park, composer, dies at 61   

Apr 09   In the year 1865 charles Proteus Steinmetz, Germany, experiment with AC electricity   

Apr 09   Federals capture Ft Blakely, Alabama in the year 1865.   

Apr 09   General Robert E Lee and 26,765 troops, surrender at Appomattox Court House in Virginia to US Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant on this day in history.   

Apr 09   Lee's retreat cut off near Appomattox Court House in the year 1865.   

Apr 09   In the year 1865 robert E Lee and 26,765 troops, surrender to US Grant at Appomattox   

Apr 09   On this day in history the American Civil War ends with the surrender of the Confederate forces   

Apr 09   In the year 1865 thomas Alfred Smyth, Irish/US Union general-major, dies at 32   

Apr 10   In the year 1865 at Appomattox, Gen Lee issues Gen Order #9, his last   

Apr 11   On this day in history battle of Mobile, AL   

Apr 13   Battle of Raleigh, NC on this day in history.   

Apr 13   On this day in history heinrich Reinhardt, composer   

Apr 13   Sherman's march through Georgia begins in the year 1865.   

Apr 13   Sherman's march through Georgia begins Southerners start promising that the South will rise again in the year 1865.   

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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   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 in the year 1865.   

Jan 03   Jozef Lies, Flemish painter, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general (b. 1779) died in the year 1865.   

Jan 16   On this day in history death of edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828)   

Jan 19   In the year 1865 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   In the year 1865 death of heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b. 1804)   

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