Historical Events In 1866
Monday, 16 May 2022
Apr 04 In the year 1866 alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in the city of Kiev.
Apr 04 On this day in history george P Baker, US playwright (47 Workshop)
Apr 06 In the year 1866 g.A.R. forms
Apr 06 Joseph Lincoln Steffens, muckraker/journalist (Shame of the Cities) on this day in history.
Apr 06 The birth of Butch Cassidy, American 'Wild West' outlaw on this day in history.
Apr 08 On this day in history italy and Prussia ally against Austria-Hungary.
Apr 09 Civil Rights Bill passes over Pres Andrew Johnson's veto on this day in history.
Apr 10 American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) forms in the year 1866.
Apr 10 Campobello New Brunswick Irish American Fenians attack Campobello Island from Eastport, Maine; persuaded to leave by British warships, US agents in the year 1866.
Apr 11 In the year 1866 carla Ford, Henry's wife
Apr 13 On this day in history butch Cassidy (Robert Leroy Parker) born.
Apr 13 Butch Cassidy, [Robert LeRoy Parker], American desperado (Wild Bunch Passage) on this day in history.
Apr 14 Anne Mansfield Sullivan, US, educated Helen Keller on this day in history.
Apr 15 William Jackson, composer, dies at 51 in the year 1866.
Apr 16 Karakozov attempts to assassinate Tsar Alexander II of Russia in the year 1866.
Apr 16 Nitroglycerine at Wells Fargo & Co office explodes on this day in history.
Apr 19 Henri WA Deterding, Dutch oil magnate (Royal Oil, Shell) in the year 1866.
Apr 20 Victor Hollaender, composer in the year 1866.
Apr 22 On this day in history hans von Seeckt, German general (Future of the Reich)
Apr 24 Victoria BC is connected to British Columbia mainland via cable and telegraph on this day in history.
May 01 American Equal Rights Association forms on this day in history.
May 02 Peruvian defenders fight off Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao on this day in history.
May 04 Woodward's Gardens opens to public in the year 1866.
May 07 In the year 1866 cornelis J K van Aalst, president (Dutch Trading Company)
May 07 On this day in history german premier Otto von Bismarck seriously wounded in assassin attempt
May 08 Australian Rules Football is created and I still do not understand the game, sorry all you Aussie's on this day in history.
May 13 Ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer on this day in history.
May 16 Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer in the year 1866.
May 16 Congress authorizes nickel 5¢ piece (replaces silver half-dime) in the year 1866.
May 16 Ernest Watson Burgess, US sociologist (ecological school) on this day in history.
May 16 The U S Congress authorizes the minting of a 5-cent coin The nickel is born in the year 1866.
May 17 In the year 1866 adolf Bernhard Marx, composer, dies at 70
May 17 The birth of Erik Satie, French composer on this day in history.
May 18 On this day in history french Government of De Putte resigns
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