Today in History for October 1865

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 6 of 6

8th - Earthquake in Santa Cruz Mountains
9th - 1st US underground pipeline for carrying oil is laid in Pennsylvania
10th - John Hyatts patents billard ball
11th - Pres Johnson paroles CSA VP Alexander Stephens
11th - Paul Bogle led hundreds of black men and women in a march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
14th - Cheyennes & Arapaho's sign "peaces treaty" then chased out Colorado

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 15 of 15

1st - Paul Dukas, French composer (d. 1935)
3rd - Johannes IJWJ Eilerts de Haan, Dutch sea officer (Lucie R, Suriname)
4th - Max Halbe, writer
10th - Raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish cardinal
11th - Hans E Kinck, Norwegian philological/writer (Mot Karnaval)
12th - Arthur Harden, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
15th - Walther Amelung, German archaeologist
17th - James Rudolph Garfield, American politician (d. 1950)
18th - Arie de Jong, Dutch linguist (d. 1957)
18th - Logan Pearsall Smith, American essayist and critic (d. 1946)
19th - Godfrey Cripps, cricketer (one Test South Africa v England 1892, 18 & 3)
22nd - Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter (d. 1943)
23rd - Neltje Blanchan, American writer (d. 1918)
26th - Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman (d. 1912)
27th - Charles Spencelayh, English painter (d. 1958)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 6 of 6

8th - Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer, dies at 51
12th - William Vincent Wallace, composer, dies at 53
16th - Andrés Bello, Venezuelan poet, lawmaker, philosopher, and sociologist (b. 1781)
18th - Lord Henry JT Palmerston, English Minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 80
20th - Champ Ferguson, Confederate guerrilla (b. 1821)
31st - William Parson, 3rd Earl of Rosse & maker of large telescopes, dies