11 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