What happened on 26 January 1865?

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)