| April 1st, 1865Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1929) born on April 01, 1865.  Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
 Events around April 01, 1865
| April 3rd, 1865 | Event | American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America. |  |