Discover what happened on 26 January 1865 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Births
- Q27968356 (Portuguese journalist, photographer and poet)
- Curt Kaiser (German politician (1865-1940))
- Maurus Carnot (Swiss priest (1865-1935))
- Philip Richardson (British sport shooter and Conservative politician (1865-1953))
- Franz Kneisel (American violinist and teacher of Romanian birth (1865–1926))
- Alexander Grinager (American artist (1865-1949))
- Alfred Cochrane (English cricketer (1865-1948))
- Andrew V. Stoltenberg (United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient)
- Arthur Melmoth Walters (English footballer (1865-1941))
- Axel Wallengren (Swedish writer)
- Francis Bertrand Jolly (Farmer, local politician (1865-1943))
- George Pereira (British Army general (1865-1923))
- Ángel Ruiz y Pablo (Spanish writer (1865-1927))
- Emil Kraft (footballer for Newcastle (1865–1931))
- Luis Gómez Carreño (Chilean politician and admiral (1865-1930))
- Louis Agricola Bauer (American astronomer)
- Tatsumi Kōnojō
- Karel Želenský (Czech theater manager, playwright, actor, publicist, translator and writer (1865–1935))
- Matouš Mandl (Czech lawyer (1865-1948))
- Ivan Bajt
- Friedrich Müller (German engineer)
- Alice Marval (English doctor and missionary)
- Gustave Debeerst (missionary (1865-1896))
- Guido Torlonia (Italian politician (1865-1929))
- Matilda Murray-Prior (infant daughter of Thomas Murray-Prior (1865-1865))
- Coenradina Carolina Theodora de Pesters ((1865-1923))
- Flora Macdonald Robertson-Aikman ((1865-1872))
- Salomon Heinemann
- Ludvík Lažanský
- Alois Schallenberger (director of school for cartographic works in Ostrava)
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- Kattinka Müller (Holocaust victim (born 1865))
- Maria Salomon (holocaust victim, b. 1865-01-26)
- Rosalie Reichenbach (holocaust victim, b. 1865-01-26)
- Regina Willner (Holocaust victim (born 1865))
- Lazar Rosenzweig (Holocaust victim (born 1865))
- Luutske Iedema
- Willem Caspers (Dutch Righteous Among the Nations)
- Paul Perrizo (American politician)
Deaths
- William Sharp Macleay (British civil servant and entomologist, active in Cuba and New South Wales, Australia (1792–1865))
- Johann August Hermann Heylandt
- Enta Nakamura
- Lady Sarah Drummond ((died 1865))
- Katherine Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald (British noble)
- Elizabeth Pearman ((died 1865))
- Edward Burroughes ((1831-1865))
- Carlo Paessler (1774 — 26 January 1865)
- Samuel Nelson
- Pierre-Charles Laurent (French navy officer)