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 |