1865
Appomattox
In the parlor of a red-brick house in central Virginia, Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant.
Mendel's Peas
An Augustinian friar named Gregor Mendel read a paper to a local scientific society in Brno, describing a decade of patient experiments on pea plants…
Russia Takes Tashkent
A Russian detachment under Chernyayev, acting beyond his orders, stormed Tashkent and added the largest city of Central Asia to the tsar's empire.
Lincoln Assassinated
In a box at Ford's Theatre in Washington, an actor named John Wilkes Booth shot the president in the back of the head during a comedy.
Thirteenth Amendment
The amendment that abolished slavery throughout the United States - including in the border states that had stayed loyal - was ratified when Georgia…
Ku Klux Klan Founded
In Pulaski, Tennessee, six former Confederate officers founded a fraternal social club they called the Ku Klux Klan.
Alice in Wonderland Published
A shy Oxford mathematician named Charles Dodgson, writing as Lewis Carroll, published a book about a girl who fell down a rabbit hole.
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Frequently asked
What happened in the year 1865?
Saeculum lists 7 events from 1865. The most significant is Appomattox: In the parlor of a red-brick house in central Virginia, Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant.
What era was 1865 part of?
1865 falls within the Industrial Age (1801-1900). Steam, empire, and the unmaking of the old order.
Which regions saw notable events in 1865?
The events from 1865 span North America, Europe and Central Asia.