Timeline December 1865

Events in December 1865 6

• 1790 – 1865 Leopold I of Belgium (1790-1865) Died 10 December 1865, aged 74 Leopold I was the first King of the Belgians, reigning from Belgian independence in 1831 until his death. He was widely respected as a shrewd diplomat and helped establish the young kingdom's stability among the European powers.
• 1865 Founding of the Ku Klux Klan White supremacist group formed in Tennessee Former Confederate soldiers founded the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tennessee, as a secret society that grew into a violent movement targeting freed Black Americans and their allies during Reconstruction. It became the first of several waves of Klan activity in the United States.
• 1865 Thirteenth Amendment ratified Slavery abolished throughout the United States The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, formally abolishing slavery and involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime. It followed the Emancipation Proclamation and the end of the Civil War, extending abolition nationwide.
• 1865 – 1957 Jean Sibelius Finnish national composer Finnish composer whose Finlandia, Violin Concerto and 7 symphonies made him a national hero and one of the defining voices of late Romanticism.
• 1865 Leopold II takes the throne The Congo to come Leopold II becomes king and soon pursues a personal colonial empire in central Africa — a reign of industrial growth at home and brutal exploitation abroad.
• 1865 – 1936 Rudyard Kipling English writer and poet Kipling wrote The Jungle Book and explored themes of empire, duty, and adventure.