On This Day

What Happened on April 9, 1865

Day of the Week: Sunday

Historical Events

  • Confederate General Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops surrender at Appomattox Court House to US Lieutenant General Ulysses S Grant (US Civil War)

Famous Birthdays

  • Charles Proteus Steinmetz, German-American electrical engineer (development of alternating current), born in Breslau, Province of Silesia, Prussia (d. 1923)

Person of interestErich Ludendorff

Erich Ludendorff, German general during World War I, born in Kruszewnia, Prussia (d. 1937)

German General Erich Ludendorff
German General
Erich Ludendorff

Famous Deaths

  • Thomas Alfred Smyth, Irish/US Union general-major, dies at 32

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