18 events found for 1865
Astronomer Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX's yacht, the L'
Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, in Virginia
The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance
American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia
American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama
American Civil War: President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation ending belligerent rights of the rebels and enjoining
American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who ling
American Civil War: The Battle of Palmito Ranch: The first day of the last major land action to take place during the Ci
The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris
In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes
Conclusion of the American Civil War: The Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Trans-Mississippi div
The Naval Battle of the Riachuelo is fought on the rivulet Riachuelo (Argentina), between the Paraguayan Navy on one sid
Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are officially informed o
American Civil War: At Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the l
The United States Secret Service begins operation.
Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
The first ascent of the Matterhorn is completed by Edward Whymper and his party, four of whom die on the descent.