1865
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Events
- King Leopold II ascends to the throne of Belgium.
- Peter Ivanovich Stuchka is born.
Timeline
- April 14: Abraham Lincoln assassinated by conservative southern sympathizer John Wilkes Booth.
- May 1: President Lincoln's funeral procession passes through Chicago.
- June 7: Gen. Sully's expedition against the Plains Indians leaves Sioux City.
- June 13: President Johnson announces proclamation for the Reconstruction of the American South.
- August 5: Massacre of Yahi by American settlers in California.
- October: French government of Louis Napoleon announces withdrawal of French expeditionary force from Mexico.