Historical Events In 1866

Apr 04   George P Baker, US playwright (47 Workshop) on this day in history.  

Apr 06   G.A.R. forms on this day in history.  

Apr 06   On this day in history joseph Lincoln Steffens, muckraker/journalist (Shame of the Cities)  

Apr 06   On this day in history the birth of Butch Cassidy, American 'Wild West' outlaw  

Apr 08   Italy and Prussia ally against Austria-Hungary in the year 1866.  

Apr 09   In the year 1866 civil Rights Bill passes over Pres Andrew Johnson's veto  

Apr 10   American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) forms in the year 1866.  

Apr 10   In the year 1866 campobello New Brunswick Irish American Fenians attack Campobello Island from Eastport, Maine; persuaded to leave by British warships, US agents.  

Apr 11   Carla Ford, Henry's wife on this day in history.  

Apr 13   On this day in history butch Cassidy (Robert Leroy Parker) born.  

Apr 13   On this day in history butch Cassidy, [Robert LeRoy Parker], American desperado (Wild Bunch Passage)  

Apr 14   Anne Mansfield Sullivan, US, educated Helen Keller on this day in history.  

Apr 15   On this day in history william Jackson, composer, dies at 51  

Apr 16   Karakozov attempts to assassinate Tsar Alexander II of Russia in the year 1866.  

Apr 16   Nitroglycerine at Wells Fargo & Co office explodes in the year 1866.  

Apr 19   On this day in history henri WA Deterding, Dutch oil magnate (Royal Oil, Shell)  

Apr 20   Victor Hollaender, composer in the year 1866.  

Apr 22   Hans von Seeckt, German general (Future of the Reich) on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1866.  

May 02   Peruvian defenders fight off Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao on this day in history.  

May 04   In the year 1866 woodward's Gardens opens to public  

May 07   Cornelis J K van Aalst, president (Dutch Trading Company) on this day in history.  

May 07   German premier Otto von Bismarck seriously wounded in assassin attempt in the year 1866.  

May 08   On this day in history australian Rules Football is created and I still do not understand the game, sorry all you Aussie's  

May 13   Ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer on this day in history.  

May 16   In the year 1866 charles Elmer Hires invents root beer  

May 16   Congress authorizes nickel 5¢ piece (replaces silver half-dime) in the year 1866.  

May 16   Ernest Watson Burgess, US sociologist (ecological school) in the year 1866.  

May 16   The U S Congress authorizes the minting of a 5-cent coin The nickel is born in the year 1866.  

May 17   Adolf Bernhard Marx, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1866.  

May 17   On this day in history the birth of Erik Satie, French composer  

May 18   French Government of De Putte resigns in the year 1866.  

May 18   On this day in history french Govt of De Putte resigns  

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of prof Gilbert Murray, Australian classical scholar (d. 1957)  

Jan 08   In the year 1866 birth of william G. Conley, American politician (d. 1940)  

Jan 09   In the year 1866 birth of albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter/etcher  

Jan 13   In the year 1866 birth of vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov, composer  

Jan 15   In the year 1866 birth of nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1931)  

Jan 19   On this day in history birth of harry Davenport, NYC, actor/director (Her Unborn Child, My Sin)  

Jan 20   In the year 1866 birth of richard Le Gallienne, English writer (Maker of Gainborg)  

Jan 25   Emile Vandervelde, leader of Belgian BWP party was born on this day in history.  

Jan 10   On this day in history death of pyotr Pletnyov, Russian poet (b. 1792)  

Jan 15   M T d'Azeglio, writer, dies on this day in history.  

Jan 23   Thomas Love Peacock, English satirist (b. 1785) died in the year 1866.  

Jan 27   John Gibson, sculptor, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 03   On this day in history death of françois-Xavier Garneau, French Canadian poet and historian (b. 1809)  

Mar 04   Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder Disciples of Christ, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Mar 06   In the year 1866 death of william Whewell, English scientist, philosopher, and historian of science (b. 1794)  

Mar 10   In the year 1866 antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini, composer, dies at 87