Today in History for August 1865

Months in 1865: January February March April May June July September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 5 of 5

2nd - Lewis Carroll publishes "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
2nd - Trans Atlantic Cable being laid by SS Great Eastern snaps & is lost
12th - Joseph Lister performs 1st antiseptic surgery
16th - Restoration Day in the Dominican Republic: The Dominican Republic regains its independence after 4 years of fighting against the Spanish Annexation.
20th - Pres Johnson proclaims an end to "insurrection" in Tx

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 13 of 13

2nd - Irving Babbitt, US writer (Rousseau & Romanticism)
2nd - John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (d. 1955)
4th - Gus Kempis, South African cricketer (d. 1890)
10th - Alexander K Glazunov, St Petersburg Russia, composer (Chopiniana)
14th - Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician (d. 1952)
15th - Johan[nes] B Schepers, Frisian writer (Braga)
15th - Usui Mikao, Japanese founder of Reiki (d. 1926)
20th - Bernard Tancred, South African cricketer (d. 1911)
22nd - Piet A W Hopmans, bishop of Breda (Eucharistic Crusade)
24th - Ferdinand I VAM, king of Romania
27th - Charles Gates Dawes, (R) 30th VP (1925-29, Nobel 1925)
27th - Emmuska Orczy, British writer (Scarlet Pimpernel)
27th - James Henry Breasted, American Egyptologist (d. 1935)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 8 of 8

12th - William Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies
13th - Ignaz Semmelweis, gynecologist, dies at 47
17th - Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer, dies at 82
17th - Mosby Munroe Parsons, US Confederate gen-maj, dies in battle
26th - Johann F Encke, German astronomer (Comet Encke), dies at 73
26th - Marcellus Monroe Crocker, US attorney/Union brig-general, dies at 35
27th - Jozef Nowakowski, composer, dies at 64
29th - John Brough, US publisher/(gov-R-Ohio), dies at about 54