Page 4: Historical Events In 1865

Mar 13   Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers on this day in history.   

Mar 13   US Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service in the year 1865.   

Mar 16   Battle of Averasboro NC (1,500 casualities) on this day in history.   

Mar 18   Battle of Wilson's raid to Selma AL in the year 1865.   

Mar 18   Battle of Wilson's raid to Selma, AL in the year 1865.   

Mar 18   Congress of Confederate States of American adjourns for last time on this day in history.   

Mar 19   In the year 1865 battle of Bentonville-Confederates retreat from Greenville NC   

Mar 20   2nd day of Battle of Bentonville NC on this day in history.   

Mar 20   In the year 1865 michigan authorizes workers' cooperatives   

Mar 21   Battle of Bentonville ends, last Confederate effort to stop Sherman in the year 1865.   

Mar 22   On this day in history raid at Wilson's Chickaswas AL to Macon GA   

Mar 22   Raid at Wilson's: Chickaswas AL to Macon GA in the year 1865.   

Mar 22   On this day in history theophile Ysaye, composer   

Mar 23   British Parliament votes £50,000 for Canadian defense; after Union ship Kearsarge sinks Confederate ship Alabama, built in UK on this day in history.   

Mar 23   General Sherman/Cox' troops reach Goldsboro NC in the year 1865.   

Mar 25   Battle of Bluff Spring FL in the year 1865.   

Mar 25   On this day in history battle of Bluff Spring, FL   

Mar 25   First Queensland Divorce Act is passed on this day in history.   

Mar 25   In the year 1865 sS General Lyon at Cape Hatteras catches fire & sinks, killing 400   

Mar 26   In the year 1865 thomas Hancock, pioneer of rubber industry (Stoke Newington), dies   

Mar 27   On this day in history independent British colony of Kaffaria is incorporated with Cape Colony in South Africa.   

Mar 27   Siege of Spanish Fort AL captured by Federals on this day in history.   

Mar 27   In the year 1865 siege of Spanish Fort AL: captured by Federals   

Mar 27   On this day in history siege of Spanish Fort, AL-captured by Federals   

Mar 28   In the year 1865 albert G Bilders, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 26   

Mar 29   -Apr 9th], Appomattox campaign, VA , 7582 killed on this day in history.   

Mar 29   In the year 1865 appomattox campaign, Virginia, 7582 killed   

Mar 29   On this day in history battle of Quaker Road, Virginia   

Mar 30   -4] Battle at 5 Forks Virginia on this day in history.   

Mar 30   On this day in history battle at 5 Forks Virginia   

Mar 30   In the year 1865 heinrich Rubens, German physicist   

Mar 31   Battle of Boydton, VA (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie C H) on this day in history.   

Mar 31   On this day in history battle of Boydton, Virginia (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie Court House)   

Mar 31   In the year 1865 general Pickette moves to 5 Forks, abandoning the defense of Peterburg   

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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   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   Friedrich A H von Waldeck, brother of queen Emma/last ruler of Waldeck was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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