Page 6: Historical Events In 1865

Apr 14   John Wiles Booth murders president Lincoln "But apart from that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?" on this day in history.   

Apr 14   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

Apr 15   In the year 1865 the American president Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while watching a play   

Apr 16   Battle of Columbus & West Point, GA (Ft Tyler) on this day in history.   

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

Apr 17   In the year 1865 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   Chicago's Crosby Opera House opens on this day in history.   

Apr 20   On this day in history safety matches were first advertised this day.   

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

Apr 22   In the year 1865 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   In the year 1865 fire alarm & police telegraph system put into operation (SF)   

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

Apr 26   On this day in history battle of Durham Station, NC (Greensboro)   

Apr 26   Charles J Sax, Belgian inventor (saxophone), dies at 74 in the year 1865.   

Apr 26   On this day in history gen Joseph E Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee, at Durham, NC   

Apr 26   In the year 1865 john Wilkes Booth assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green, VA   

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

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

Apr 27   Cornell University (Ithaca NY) is chartered on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1865.   

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 in the year 1865.   

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   Battle of Mobile AL on this day in history.   

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

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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 in the year 1865.   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (d. 1920)   

Jan 10   On this day in history 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   In the year 1865 birth of gen Sir Charles Fergusson, Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1951)   

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

Jan 19   On this day in history death of pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809)   

Feb 06   On this day in history 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   Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b. 1804) died on this day in history.   

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