Page 3: 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   In the year 1866 george P Baker, US playwright (47 Workshop)   

Apr 06   G.A.R. forms in the year 1866.   

Apr 06   Joseph Lincoln Steffens, muckraker/journalist (Shame of the Cities) in the year 1866.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1866 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) in the year 1866.   

Apr 14   Anne Mansfield Sullivan, US, educated Helen Keller in the year 1866.   

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

Apr 16   In the year 1866 karakozov attempts to assassinate Tsar Alexander II of Russia   

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 on this day in history.   

Apr 22   In the year 1866 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   In the year 1866 american Equal Rights Association forms   

May 02   Peruvian defenders fight off Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao in the year 1866.   

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

May 07   On this day in history cornelis J K van Aalst, president (Dutch Trading Company)   

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   Ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

May 16   On this day in history ernest Watson Burgess, US sociologist (ecological school)   

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

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   French Government of De Putte resigns in the year 1866.   

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

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of william G. Conley, American politician (d. 1940)   

Jan 09   Albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter/etcher was born in the year 1866.   

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   On this day in history birth of richard Le Gallienne, English writer (Maker of Gainborg)   

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

Jan 10   In the year 1866 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   On this day in history john Gibson, sculptor, dies   

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

Mar 04   In the year 1866 alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder Disciples of Christ, dies at 77   

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.