Page 5: Historical Events In 1865

Apr 01   -9] Battle at Blakely Alabama in the year 1865.   

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 on this day in history.   

Apr 01   Battle of 5 Forks, signalling end of Lee's army on this day in history.   

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

Apr 02   In the year 1865 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) in the year 1865.   

Apr 02   In the year 1865 cSA Pres Jefferson Davis flees Confederate capital of Richmond, VA   

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

Apr 02   In the year 1865 lee's line is broken at Petersberg   

Apr 02   On this day in history richard Cobden founder Anti-Corn-Law League, dies at 60   

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

Apr 03   Battle at Namozine Church, Virginia (Appomattox Campaign) on this day in history.   

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

Apr 04   Lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse in the year 1865.   

Apr 05   Battle at Amelia Springs/Jetersville VA (Appomattox Campaign) in the year 1865.   

Apr 06   On this day in history battle of Sayler's Creek, 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off   

Apr 06   In the year 1865 john Austin Wharton, US Confederate general-major, dies at 36   

Apr 07   On this day in history battle of Farmville VA   

Apr 08   On this day in history battle of 5 Forks, signalling end of Lee's army   

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

Apr 09   On this day in history charles Proteus Steinmetz, Germany, experiment with AC electricity   

Apr 09   Federals capture Ft Blakely, Alabama on this day in history.   

Apr 09   In the year 1865 general Robert E Lee and 26,765 troops, surrender at Appomattox Court House in Virginia to US Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant   

Apr 09   On this day in history lee's retreat cut off near Appomattox Court House   

Apr 09   Robert E Lee and 26,765 troops, surrender to US Grant at Appomattox in the year 1865.   

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

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

Apr 10   At Appomattox, Gen Lee issues Gen Order #9, his last in the year 1865.   

Apr 11   Battle of Mobile, AL on this day in history.   

Apr 13   In the year 1865 battle of Raleigh, NC   

Apr 13   In the year 1865 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 on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   Giuseppe Ferrata, composer was born in the year 1865.   

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 in the year 1865.   

Jan 13   In the year 1865 birth of princess Marie of Orléans (d. 1908)   

Jan 17   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of friedrich Paschen, German physicist   

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   In the year 1865 death of edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828)   

Jan 19   Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809) died in the year 1865.   

Feb 06   John Pegram, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33 on this day in history.   

Feb 07   John Henry Winder, US Confederate brig-gen/provost marshal, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

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