Historical Events In 1866

Apr 04   Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in the city of Kiev in the year 1866.  

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

Apr 06   In the year 1866 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   In the year 1866 american Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) forms  

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   On this day in history carla Ford, Henry's wife  

Apr 13   Butch Cassidy (Robert Leroy Parker) born on this day in history.  

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

Apr 14   In the year 1866 anne Mansfield Sullivan, US, educated Helen Keller  

Apr 15   In the year 1866 william Jackson, composer, dies at 51  

Apr 16   Karakozov attempts to assassinate Tsar Alexander II of Russia on this day in history.  

Apr 16   In the year 1866 nitroglycerine at Wells Fargo & Co office explodes  

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

Apr 20   On this day in history victor Hollaender, composer  

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 in the year 1866.  

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

May 04   Woodward's Gardens opens to public on this day in history.  

May 07   Cornelis J K van Aalst, president (Dutch Trading Company) in the year 1866.  

May 07   German premier Otto von Bismarck seriously wounded in assassin attempt on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1866 ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer  

May 16   Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer on this day in history.  

May 16   In the year 1866 congress authorizes nickel 5¢ piece (replaces silver half-dime)  

May 16   In the year 1866 ernest Watson Burgess, US sociologist (ecological school)  

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 on this day in history.  

May 17   The birth of Erik Satie, French composer in the year 1866.  

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

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Jan 02   In the year 1866 birth of prof Gilbert Murray, Australian classical scholar (d. 1957)  

Jan 08   William G. Conley, American politician (d. 1940) was born in the year 1866.  

Jan 09   Albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter/etcher was born on this day in history.  

Jan 13   Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1866.  

Jan 20   Richard Le Gallienne, English writer (Maker of Gainborg) was born in the year 1866.  

Jan 25   In the year 1866 birth of emile Vandervelde, leader of Belgian BWP party  

Jan 10   Pyotr Pletnyov, Russian poet (b. 1792) died on this day in history.  

Jan 15   M T d'Azeglio, writer, dies in the year 1866.  

Jan 23   On this day in history death of thomas Love Peacock, English satirist (b. 1785)  

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

Feb 03   François-Xavier Garneau, French Canadian poet and historian (b. 1809) died in the year 1866.  

Mar 04   Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder Disciples of Christ, dies at 77 in the year 1866.  

Mar 06   On this day in history 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.