Time Line 1865
- beatification of Blessed Mary Fontanella
- beatification of Saint John Berchmans
- canonization of the Martyrs of Gorkum
- death of Francis Asbury Baker, co-founder of the Paulist Institute
- death of Blessed Adolph Kolping
- death of Blessed Nazju Falzon
- death of Saint Madeline Sophie Barat
- cholera epidemic in Madrid
- American Congress passes 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery
- birth of Blessed Guido Maria Conforti
- birth of Blessed Maria Karlowska
- birth of Blessed Ursula Ledochowska
- birth of Henri Chanès
- birth of Saint Charles Lwanga
- birth of Saint Pauline of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus
- end of the American Civil War
- founding of the diocese of Bathurst, Australia
- founding of the Daughters of the Divine Will
- founding of the Oblates of the Assumption
| 1864 | 1866 |
