What Happened on April 14, 1865

Historical Events

Assassination Attempt on William Seward

U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked in his home by Lewis Powell as part of the same conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

US President Abraham Lincoln is shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington; he dies a day later

Lincoln is shot in the Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. by John Wilkes Booth

Events in 1865

Famous Deaths

Ignaz Bösendorfer, Austrian musician, and piano maker, dies at 65
Rafael Carrera, Guatemalan military commander and Dictator of Guatemala (1844–48, 1851–65), dies at 50

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