1865 deaths

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War, defeating the Confederate States and playing a major role in the abolition of slavery.

French politician, philosopher, anarchist and socialist (1809-1865)

Irish mathematician and astronomer (1805-1865)

German prince who became the first King of the Belgians (1790–1865)

Hungarian physician, early pioneer of antiseptic procedures (1818–1865)

British statesman and prime minister (1784–1865)

British author (1810-1865)

American stage actor and assassin (1838–1865)

Baltic German physicist (1804-1865)

Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

Queen consort of the Netherlands (1795-1865)

German astronomer (1791–1865)

Swedish writer and feminist (1801–1865)

German explorer (1821-1865)

archaeologist (1788-1865)

English botanist and botanical illustrator (1785-1865)

English botanist, gardener, orchidologist, editor, scientific illustrator (1799–1865)

Venezuelan humanist, diplomat, poet, legislator, philosopher, educator and philologist (1781-1865)

British Radical and Liberal statesman and manufacturer (1804-1865)

American astronomer (1825 – 1865)

Greek politician (1791-1865)

British journalist, editor, publisher, and writer

American politician, pastor, educator, diplomat and orator (1794–1865)

Spanish writer, poet, playwright and politician (1791-1865)

French zoologist, ichthyologist, and malacologist (1794–1865)

19th century British surgeon known for medical reforms and personal life

Italian writer (1788-1865)

Supreme protector of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation

Kazakhstani ethnographer (1835–1865)

English gardener, architect and Member of Parliament (1803-1865)

Spanish infante (1794-1865)

Austrian painter (1793–1865)

Swedish princess

Russian imperial prince (1843–1865)

President of Guatemala (1815-1865)

Italian opera singer (1798-1865)

former President of Liberia (1816-1865)

Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer (1787–1865)

German dramatist (1813-1865)

botanist from Austria (1794-1865)

Polish/German embryologist, physiologist, and neurologist (1815–1865)

French painter (1810-1865)

Confederate Army general (1825-1865)

diocesan Bishop, philosopher and theologian (1802-1865)

Belgian painter (1806-1865)

thumb|Woodblock print portrait of Utagawa Kunisada, at the age of 80 years, dated January 1865. This memorial portrait was designed by his principal student, Kunisada II, and is one of the few known images of Kunisada.Utagawa Kunisada (; 1786 – 12 January 1865), also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III (, ), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist. He is considered the most popular, prolific and commercially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan. In his own time, his reputation far exceeded that of his contemporaries Hokusai, Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi.

Greek philanthropist and businessman

German catholic priest (1813-1865)

Belgian politician (1794-1865)

Canadian-born British businessman

French entomologist, botanist and arachnologist (1780–1865)

German princess (1796-1865)

Chinese general (1811–1865)

Scottish scientist (1808–1865)

Belgian botanist and mycologist (1782-1865)

Czech violinist, composer and violist (1814-1865)

English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

Lincoln assassination conspirator

Prussian architect and builder (1800-1865)

consort and second wife of Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin