Birthdays
Jeremiah Howard Beckwith
Turns 27 on this date
James William Denver
Turns 44 on this date
James Monroe Goggin
Turns 45 on this date
Samuel Pollock
Turns 57 on this date
John Reuben Thompson
Turns 42 on this date
Events
| US/the World | After the Morant Bay riots, Jamaica's Governor John Eyre hangs his main legislative critic for high treason | 10/23/1865 |
| US/the World | In Haiti, British naval units engage Haitian rebel forces off Cap-Haïtien | 10/23/1865 |