Page 5: Historical Events In 1866

Jul 19   Tennessee is 1st to ratify 14th Amendment, guaranteeing civil rights   

Jul 20   Faa di Bruno, Italian captain (Er d'italia, Lissa), commits suicide   

Jul 20   Sea battle of Lissa-Austria vs Italy.   

Jul 21   Cholera epidemic results in the deaths of hundreds in London.   

Jul 23   Cincinnati Baseball club (Red Stockings) forms.   

Jul 23   Francesco Cilea, composer   

Jul 23   Thomas Forbes Walmisley, composer, dies at 83.   

Jul 24   Tennessee is recorded as becoming 1st Confederate state readmitted to Union   

Jul 24   Tennessee is recorded as becoming inaugural Confederate state readmitted to Union.   

Jul 25   25th Postmaster General: Alexander W Randall of Wis takes office   

Jul 25   Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist, dies.   

Jul 25   Frederick Frost Blackman, English botanist.   

Jul 25   US Grant named inaugural general of Army.   

Jul 26   Canoe Club opens in England.   

Jul 26   Francesco Cilea, composer.   

Jul 27   Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1686 miles long)   

Jul 27   Cyrus W. Field lays the inaugural successful underwater telegraph cable connecting North America and Europe (after two failed attempts)   

Jul 28   Beatrix Potter, England, children's author (Tale of Peter Rabbit).   

Jul 28   Beatrix Potter, English author is born.   

Jul 28   Metric system is recorded as becoming a legal measurement system in US   

Jul 30   Race riot in New Orleans.   

Aug 05   Alfred Holy, composer.   

Aug 06   Chief Thundercloud, [Scott T Williams], MT, actor (Lone Ranger)   

Aug 08   Matthew A Henson, 1st Black to reach North Pole (Jun 4 1909).   

Aug 10   Transatlantic cable laid-Pres Buchanan spoke to Queen Victoria.   

Aug 10   Transatlantic cable laid.   

Aug 11   World's 1st roller rink opens (Newport RI)   

Aug 12   Jacinto Benavente y Martínez, Spanish playwright (Nobel 1922)   

Aug 17   Bathe and Prussia signs peace treaty   

Aug 20   Pres Andrew Johnson formally declares Civil War over   

Aug 22   George Shillibeer, pioneer of London's 1st bus service, dies.   

Aug 23   Treaty of Prague ends Austro-Prussian war   

Aug 30   Georges Minne, Flemish sculptor.   

Sep 01   James "Gentleman Jim" Corbett, heavyweight champion boxer (1892-97).   

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Jan 02   Prof gilbert murray: Australian classical scholar   

Jan 08   William g. conley: American politician   

Jan 09   Albert baertsoen: Flemish painter/etcher   

Jan 13   Vasily sergeyevich kalinnikov: Composer   

Jan 15   Nathan söderblom: Swedish archbishop, recipient of the nobel peace prize    

Jan 19   Harry davenport: Nyc, actor/director (her unborn child, my sin)   

Jan 20   Richard le gallienne: English writer (maker of gainborg)   

Jan 25   Emile vandervelde: Leader of belgian bwp party   

Jan 10   Pyotr pletnyov: Russian poet (b. 1792)   

Jan 15   M t d'azeglio: Writer,   

Jan 23   Thomas love peacock: English satirist (b. 1785)   

Jan 27   John gibson: Sculptor,    

Feb 03   François-xavier garneau: French canadian poet and historian (b. 1809)   

Mar 04   Alexander campbell: Irish/us founder disciples of christ,   

Mar 06   William whewell: English scientist, philosopher, and historian of science (b. 1794)   

Mar 10   Antonio francesco gaetano s pacini: Composer,