Historical Events In 1866

Jul 11   On this day in history r Beer-Hofmann, writer  

Jul 17   On this day in history italian fleet under adm Persano capture Austrian Fort Lissa  

Jul 19   Tennessee is 1st to ratify 14th Amendment, guaranteeing civil rights in the year 1866.  

Jul 20   Faa di Bruno, Italian captain (Er d'italia, Lissa), commits suicide in the year 1866.  

Jul 20   In the year 1866 sea battle of Lissa-Austria vs Italy  

Jul 21   On this day in history cholera epidemic kills hundreds in London  

Jul 23   Cincinnati Baseball club (Red Stockings) forms on this day in history.  

Jul 23   Francesco Cilea, composer in the year 1866.  

Jul 23   On this day in history thomas Forbes Walmisley, composer, dies at 83  

Jul 24   In the year 1866 tennessee becomes 1st Confederate state readmitted to Union  

Jul 24   Tennessee becomes first Confederate state readmitted to Union on this day in history.  

Jul 25   25th Postmaster General: Alexander W Randall of Wis takes office on this day in history.  

Jul 25   Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist, dies in the year 1866.  

Jul 25   On this day in history frederick Frost Blackman, English botanist  

Jul 25   On this day in history uS Grant named first general of Army  

Jul 26   In the year 1866 canoe Club opens in England  

Jul 26   On this day in history francesco Cilea, composer  

Jul 27   Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long) on this day in history.  

Jul 27   On this day in history cyrus W. Field lays the first successful underwater telegraph cable connecting North America and Europe (after two failed attempts).  

Jul 28   On this day in history beatrix Potter, England, children's author (Tale of Peter Rabbit)  

Jul 28   In the year 1866 metric system becomes a legal measurement system in US  

Jul 28   In the year 1866 the birth of Beatrix Potter, English author  

Jul 30   On this day in history race riot in New Orleans  

Aug 05   On this day in history alfred Holy, composer  

Aug 06   Chief Thundercloud, [Scott T Williams], MT, actor (Lone Ranger) in the year 1866.  

Aug 08   In the year 1866 matthew A Henson, 1st Black to reach North Pole (Jun 4 1909)  

Aug 10   On this day in history transatlantic cable laid  

Aug 10   In the year 1866 transatlantic cable laid-Pres Buchanan spoke to Queen Victoria  

Aug 11   World's 1st roller rink opens (Newport RI) on this day in history.  

Aug 12   In the year 1866 jacinto Benavente y Martínez, Spanish playwright (Nobel 1922)  

Aug 17   Bathe & Prussia signs peace treaty on this day in history.  

Aug 20   In the year 1866 pres Andrew Johnson formally declares Civil War over  

Aug 22   In the year 1866 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1866 birth of albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter/etcher  

Jan 13   Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov, composer was born in the year 1866.  

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1931)  

Jan 19   Harry Davenport, NYC, actor/director (Her Unborn Child, My Sin) was born in the year 1866.  

Jan 20   On this day in history birth of richard Le Gallienne, English writer (Maker of Gainborg)  

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

Jan 10   In the year 1866 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 on this day in history.  

Feb 03   In the year 1866 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 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.