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In the year 1865
85 Notable deaths
Abraham Lincoln
President of the united states from 1861 to 1865 (1809-1865).
Born February 12th, 1809 in Sinking Spring Farm. [ref]
Died April 15th, 1865 at 56 years old in Petersen House (shot to the head). [ref]
John Wilkes Booth
American stage actor and assassin (1838–1865).
Born May 10th, 1838 in Bel Air.
Died April 26th, 1865 at 26 years old in Port Royal (gunshot wound).
Ignaz Semmelweis
Hungarian physician, early pioneer of antiseptic procedures (1818–1865).
Died August 13th, 1865 at 47 years old in Oberdöbling (pyaemia).
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
French politician, philosopher, anarchist and socialist (1809-1865).
Born January 15th, 1809 in Besançon.
Died January 19th, 1865 at 56 years old in Passy.
William Quantrill
Confederate army officer (1837-1865).
Died June 6th, 1865 at 27 years old in Louisville.
Elizabeth Gaskell
British author (1810-1865).
Born September 29th, 1810 in Cheyne Walk.
Died November 12th, 1865 at 55 years old in Holybourne House (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Lewis Powell
American soldier and conspirator (1844–1865).
Born April 22nd, 1844 in Randolph County.
Died July 7th, 1865 at 21 years old in Washington, D.C. (hanging to death).
Henry Wirz
Swiss-born confederate officer in the american civil war.
Born November 25th, 1823 in Zurich.
Died November 10th, 1865 at 41 years old in Washington, D.C. (hanging to death).
William Rowan Hamilton
Irish mathematician and astronomer (1805-1865).
Born August 4th, 1805 in Dublin.
Died September 2nd, 1865 at 60 years old in Dublin.
Ambrose Powell Hill
Confederate army general (1825-1865).
Born November 9th, 1825 in Culpeper.
Died April 2nd, 1865 at 39 years old in Petersburg. [ref]
David Herold
Conspirator (1842-1865).
Born June 16th, 1842 in Maryland.
Died July 7th, 1865 at 23 years old in Washington, D.C. (hanging to death).
Robert Fitzroy
Royal navy officer and scientist (1805–1865).
Born July 5th, 1805 in Ampton Hall.
Died April 30th, 1865 at 59 years old in London.
George Atzerodt
Conspirator, with john wilkes booth, in the assassination of abraham lincoln.
Born June 12th, 1835 in Dörna.
Died July 7th, 1865 at 30 years old in Washington, D.C. (hanging to death).
Isabella Beeton
British journalist, editor, publisher, and writer.
Born March 12th, 1836 in London. [ref]
Died February 6th, 1865 at 28 years old in London, Swanscombe (puerperal disorders). [ref]
Joseph Paxton
English gardener, architect and member of parliament (1803-1865).
Born August 3rd, 1804 in Bedford, Milton Bryan. [ref]
Died July 8th, 1865 at 60 years old in London, London Borough of Lewisham. [ref]
Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia
Russian imperial prince (1843–1865).
Born September 20th, 1843 in Tsarskoye Selo.
Died April 24th, 1865 at 21 years old in Nice (tuberculosis).
Richard Cobden
British radical and liberal statesman and manufacturer (1804-1865).
Born June 3rd, 1804 in Heyshott.
Died April 2nd, 1865 at 60 years old in London.
Okada Izō
Japanese swordsman (1838-1865).
Born February 14th, 1838 in Iwa.
Died July 3rd, 1865 at 27 years old
Rafael Carrera
President of guatemala (1815-1865).
Born October 24th, 1815 in Guatemala City.
Died April 14th, 1865 at 49 years old in Guatemala City (amebiasis).
Joseph Déjacque
French writer (1821–1864).
Born December 27th, 1821 in Paris. [ref]
Died November 18th, 1865 at 43 years old in Gentilly. [ref]
Antoine Wiertz
Belgian painter (1806-1865).
Born February 22nd, 1806 in Dinant.
Died June 18th, 1865 at 59 years old in Ixelles.
Heinrich Barth
German explorer (1821-1865).
Born February 16th, 1821 in Hamburg.
Died November 25th, 1865 at 44 years old in Berlin (gastric perforation). [ref]
Takechi Hanpeita
Samurai (1829–1865).
Born October 24th, 1829 in Nagaoka district.
Died July 3rd, 1865 at 35 years old in Kōchi-shi.
Evangelos Zappas
Greek philanthropist and businessman.
Born August 23rd, 1800 in Labovë e Madhe.
Died June 19th, 1865 at 64 years old in Broșteni.
Emil Lenz
Baltic german physicist (1804-1865).
Born February 24th, 1804 in Tartu. [ref]
Died February 10th, 1865 at 60 years old in Rome (cerebral hemorrhage).
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