Page 6: Historical Events In 1865

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

Apr 14   John Wilkes Booth shoots Abraham Lincoln in the year 1865.   

Apr 14   In the year 1865 mobile, Alabama is captured   

Apr 14   Pres Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth on this day in history.   

Apr 15   In the year 1865 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   On this day in history battle of Columbus & West Point, GA (Ft Tyler)   

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

Apr 17   On this day in history mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in Lincoln's assassination   

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

Apr 20   In the year 1865 chicago's Crosby Opera House opens   

Apr 20   Safety matches were first advertised this day in the year 1865.   

Apr 21   In the year 1865 abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington   

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

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

Apr 24   Fire alarm & police telegraph system put into operation (SF) on this day in history.   

Apr 26   A De Gasparis discovers asteroid #83 Beatrix on this day in history.   

Apr 26   In the year 1865 battle of Durham Station, NC (Greensboro)   

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

Apr 26   Gen Joseph E Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee, at Durham, NC in the year 1865.   

Apr 26   John Wilkes Booth assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green, VA in the year 1865.   

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

Apr 27   In the year 1865 body of John Wilkes Booth brought to Washington Navy Yard.   

Apr 27   Cornell University (Ithaca NY) is chartered in the year 1865.   

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

Apr 27   Steamboat "Sultana" explodes in Mississippi River, kills up to 2,000 on this day in history.   

Apr 28   Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "L'Africaine," premieres in Paris in the year 1865.   

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

May 02   Pres Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis on this day in history.   

May 02   President Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis on this day in history.   

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

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

May 04   On this day in history battle of Mobile AL   

May 05   On this day in history 1st US train robbery (North Bend Ohio)   

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

Jan 03   Henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (d. 1936) was born in the year 1865.   

Jan 05   Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (d. 1920) was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1865.   

Jan 20   On this day in history 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   On this day in history jozef Lies, Flemish painter, dies at 43   

Jan 08   Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general (b. 1779) died on this day in history.   

Jan 16   Edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828) died in the year 1865.   

Jan 19   In the year 1865 death of pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809)   

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

Feb 07   On this day in history 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   Nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies in the year 1865.