1865

     

Year 1865 (MDCCLXV) was a common year starting on Sunay (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar).

Trivia about 1865

  • The longest period in American history with no changes to the Constitution was from 1804 to this year
  • The first time African Americans marched in the parade was at Lincoln's second inauguration, in this year
  • Leopold II succeeded his dad as King of the Belgians in this year that also marked the end of a war in the U.S.
  • On April 1 of this year, Five Forks crossroads became the site of the last important battle of the Civil War
  • The 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, was ratified in this year

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