1865

18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1790s - 1800s - 1810s - 1820s - 1830s - 1840s - 1850s - 1860s - 1870s - 1880s - 1890s - 1900s

1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870

Events

• Gregor Mendel formulates his theories of Mendelian inheritance.
• April 9 : Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox.
• July 4 : Alices Adventures in Wonderland published.

Births

Deaths

• April 26 - John Wilkes Booth (assasin of Abraham Lincoln
• Abraham Lincoln, US President