Birthdays
Blanche Kelso Bruce
Turns 24 on this date
Robert Christie Buchanan
Turns 54 on this date
Lewis Garrard Clarke
Turns 50 on this date
James Fleming Fagan
Turns 37 on this date
William Dean Howells
Turns 28 on this date
John Moore Leonard
Turns 32 on this date
Albin Francisco Schoepf
Turns 43 on this date
Events
| Religion/Philosophy | Ash Wednesday | 03/01/1865 |
| Legal/Political | Second session of the 38th Congress sitting in Washington DC from early January to early March, 1865 |
01/07/1865 to 03/02/1865 |