Historical Events In 1866

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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Jan 02   Prof Gilbert Murray, Australian classical scholar (d. 1957) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 08   William G. Conley, American politician (d. 1940) was born on this day in history.  

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   Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 19   Harry Davenport, NYC, actor/director (Her Unborn Child, My Sin) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 20   Richard Le Gallienne, English writer (Maker of Gainborg) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 25   Emile Vandervelde, leader of Belgian BWP party was born in the year 1866.  

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

Jan 15   In the year 1866 m T d'Azeglio, writer, dies  

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

Jan 27   John Gibson, sculptor, dies in the year 1866.  

Feb 03   In the year 1866 death of françois-Xavier Garneau, French Canadian poet and historian (b. 1809)  

Mar 04   On this day in history alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder Disciples of Christ, dies at 77  

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

Mar 10   Antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.