1865 (MDCCCLXV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1865th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 865th year of the 2nd millennium, the 65th year of the 19th century, and the 6th year of the 1860s decade. As of the start of 1865, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1830s 1840s 1850s – 1860s – 1870s 1880s 1890s |
| Years: | 1862 1863 1864 – 1865 – 1866 1867 1868 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1865 MDCCCLXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2618 |
| Armenian calendar | 1314 ԹՎ ՌՅԺԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6615 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 21–22 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1786–1787 |
| Bengali calendar | 1272 |
| Berber calendar | 2815 |
| British Regnal year | 28 Vict. 1 – 29 Vict. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2409 |
| Burmese calendar | 1227 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7373–7374 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲子年 (Wood Rat) 4561 or 4501 — to — 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 4562 or 4502 |
| Coptic calendar | 1581–1582 |
| Discordian calendar | 3031 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1857–1858 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5625–5626 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1921–1922 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1786–1787 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4965–4966 |
| Holocene calendar | 11865 |
| Igbo calendar | 865–866 |
| Iranian calendar | 1243–1244 |
| Islamic calendar | 1281–1282 |
| Japanese calendar | Genji 2 / Keiō 1 (慶応元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1793–1794 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
| Korean calendar | 4198 |
| Minguo calendar | 47 before ROC 民前47年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 397 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2407–2408 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) 1991 or 1610 or 838 — to — 阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) 1992 or 1611 or 839 |
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Events
change- William Booth creates the Salvation Army.
- The American Civil War ends.
Births
change- October 22 – Paul Raud, Estonian painter (d. 1930)
- November 2 - Warren G. Harding, twenty-ninth President of the United States (d. 1923)
- December 8 – Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (d. 1957)
- December 30 – Rudyard Kipling, English writer and poet (d. 1936)
Deaths
change- April 15 – Abraham Lincoln, 56, sixteenth President of the United States, assassinated (b. 1809)
- April 26 – John Wilkes Booth, 26, the man who killed United States President Abraham Lincoln (b. 1838)
Date of shooting: April 14