Historical Events In 1866
Friday, 19 August 2022
Jul 11 R Beer-Hofmann, writer in the year 1866.
Jul 17 Italian fleet under adm Persano capture Austrian Fort Lissa in the year 1866.
Jul 19 In the year 1866 tennessee is 1st to ratify 14th Amendment, guaranteeing civil rights
Jul 20 In the year 1866 faa di Bruno, Italian captain (Er d'italia, Lissa), commits suicide
Jul 20 In the year 1866 sea battle of Lissa-Austria vs Italy
Jul 21 Cholera epidemic kills hundreds in London on this day in history.
Jul 23 On this day in history cincinnati Baseball club (Red Stockings) forms
Jul 23 In the year 1866 francesco Cilea, composer
Jul 23 In the year 1866 thomas Forbes Walmisley, composer, dies at 83
Jul 24 On this day in history tennessee becomes 1st Confederate state readmitted to Union
Jul 24 In the year 1866 tennessee becomes first Confederate state readmitted to Union
Jul 25 25th Postmaster General: Alexander W Randall of Wis takes office on this day in history.
Jul 25 On this day in history aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist, dies
Jul 25 In the year 1866 frederick Frost Blackman, English botanist
Jul 25 US Grant named first general of Army in the year 1866.
Jul 26 Canoe Club opens in England on this day in history.
Jul 26 Francesco Cilea, composer in the year 1866.
Jul 27 Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long) in the year 1866.
Jul 27 Cyrus W. Field lays the first successful underwater telegraph cable connecting North America and Europe (after two failed attempts) in the year 1866.
Jul 28 On this day in history beatrix Potter, England, children's author (Tale of Peter Rabbit)
Jul 28 Metric system becomes a legal measurement system in US on this day in history.
Jul 28 On this day in history the birth of Beatrix Potter, English author
Jul 30 In the year 1866 race riot in New Orleans
Aug 05 Alfred Holy, composer in the year 1866.
Aug 06 On this day in history chief Thundercloud, [Scott T Williams], MT, actor (Lone Ranger)
Aug 08 In the year 1866 matthew A Henson, 1st Black to reach North Pole (Jun 4 1909)
Aug 10 Transatlantic cable laid in the year 1866.
Aug 10 Transatlantic cable laid-Pres Buchanan spoke to Queen Victoria on this day in history.
Aug 11 On this day in history world's 1st roller rink opens (Newport RI)
Aug 12 Jacinto Benavente y Martínez, Spanish playwright (Nobel 1922) in the year 1866.
Aug 17 Bathe & Prussia signs peace treaty in the year 1866.
Aug 20 On this day in history pres Andrew Johnson formally declares Civil War over
Aug 22 On this day in history george Shillibeer, pioneer of London's 1st bus service, dies
Aug 23 In the year 1866 treaty of Prague ends Austro-Prussian war
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