Page 6: Historical Events In 1865

Apr 14   In the year 1865 john Wiles Booth murders president Lincoln "But apart from that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?"   

Apr 14   In the year 1865 john Wilkes Booth shoots Abraham Lincoln   

Apr 14   On this day in history mobile, Alabama is captured   

Apr 14   Pres Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth in the year 1865.   

Apr 15   On this day in history otto von Bismarck elevated to earl   

Apr 15   The American president Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while watching a play on this day in history.   

Apr 16   Battle of Columbus & West Point, GA (Ft Tyler) in the year 1865.   

Apr 16   In the year 1865 robert C Tyler, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle   

Apr 17   Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in Lincoln's assassination in the year 1865.   

Apr 18   In the year 1865 confederate Gen Johnson surrendered to Gen Sherman in North Carolina   

Apr 20   Chicago's Crosby Opera House opens on this day in history.   

Apr 20   Safety matches were first advertised this day on this day in history.   

Apr 21   Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington in the year 1865.   

Apr 22   On this day in history francis Washburn, US Union colonel/gen major, dies of injuries   

Apr 23   In the year 1865 james Dearing, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 24   

Apr 24   On this day in history fire alarm & police telegraph system put into operation (SF)   

Apr 26   On this day in history a De Gasparis discovers asteroid #83 Beatrix   

Apr 26   Battle of Durham Station, NC (Greensboro) on this day in history.   

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

Apr 26   In the year 1865 gen Joseph E Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee, at Durham, NC   

Apr 26   On this day in history john Wilkes Booth assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green, VA   

Apr 27   1,450 paroled Union POWs killed when steamer "Sultana" blows up in the year 1865.   

Apr 27   Body of John Wilkes Booth brought to Washington Navy Yard in the year 1865.   

Apr 27   On this day in history cornell University (Ithaca NY) is chartered   

Apr 27   On this day in history emile Erens, Dutch Hagiographer (Pastor of Ars)   

Apr 27   On this day in history steamboat "Sultana" explodes in Mississippi River, kills up to 2,000   

Apr 28   Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "L'Africaine," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

Apr 30   -5/1] Gen Shermans "Haines's Bluff" at Snyder's Mill, Virginia on this day in history.   

May 02   On this day in history pres Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis   

May 02   President Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis in the year 1865.   

May 04   Battle of Citronville AL; Richard Taylor surrenders in the year 1865.   

May 04   On this day in history battle of Citronville, AL; Richard Taylor surrenders   

May 04   Battle of Mobile AL in the year 1865.   

May 05   1st US train robbery (North Bend Ohio) in the year 1865.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of giuseppe Ferrata, composer   

Jan 03   In the year 1865 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   On this day in history birth of princess Marie of Orléans (d. 1908)   

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   In the year 1865 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1865 john Pegram, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33   

Feb 07   John Henry Winder, US Confederate brig-gen/provost marshal, dies at 64 in the year 1865.   

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