1865 (AD 1865) Historical Timeline & Archive

Explore biographies of historical figures born or commemorated in 1865 (AD 1865) from the 2Day Chrono-Wiki encyclopedia.

Notable Figures in 1865 (AD 1865) (8)

Abraham Lincoln (Died: 1865-04-15) — 16th President of the United States; guided the nation through the Civil War.
Erich Ludendorff (Born: 1865-04-09) — Prussian general and politician famed for his role in WWI and German military strategy.
George V (Born: 1865-06-03) — King of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1936, ushering in the House of Windsor.
Ignaz Semmelweis (Died: 1865-08-13) — Pioneering antiseptic procedures, Semmelweis drastically reduced maternal mortality rates.
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (Died: 1865-01-19) — Founding mutualist philosopher and early theorist of anarchism.
Rudyard Kipling (Born: 1865-12-30) — Master poet and novelist whose works captured the spirit of the British Empire.
W. B. Yeats (Born: 1865-06-13) — Master poet of the Irish Literary Revival, Nobel Laureate.
William Rowan Hamilton (Died: 1865-09-02) — Pioneering Irish mathematician known for quaternions and mechanics.