Page 5: Historical Events In 1866

Jul 11   In the year 1866 r Beer-Hofmann, writer   

Jul 17   In the year 1866 italian fleet under adm Persano capture Austrian Fort Lissa   

Jul 19   In the year 1866 tennessee is 1st to ratify 14th Amendment, guaranteeing civil rights   

Jul 20   On this day in history faa di Bruno, Italian captain (Er d'italia, Lissa), commits suicide   

Jul 20   Sea battle of Lissa-Austria vs Italy in the year 1866.   

Jul 21   In the year 1866 cholera epidemic kills hundreds in London   

Jul 23   In the year 1866 cincinnati Baseball club (Red Stockings) forms   

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   In the year 1866 aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist, dies   

Jul 25   Frederick Frost Blackman, English botanist in the year 1866.   

Jul 25   US Grant named first general of Army on this day in history.   

Jul 26   Canoe Club opens in England in the year 1866.   

Jul 26   Francesco Cilea, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 27   In the year 1866 atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long)   

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

Jul 28   Beatrix Potter, England, children's author (Tale of Peter Rabbit) in the year 1866.   

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

Jul 28   The birth of Beatrix Potter, English author on this day in history.   

Jul 30   Race riot in New Orleans in the year 1866.   

Aug 05   In the year 1866 alfred Holy, composer   

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

Aug 08   Matthew A Henson, 1st Black to reach North Pole (Jun 4 1909) on this day in history.   

Aug 10   In the year 1866 transatlantic cable laid   

Aug 10   On this day in history 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   In the year 1866 bathe & Prussia signs peace treaty   

Aug 20   On this day in history pres Andrew Johnson formally declares Civil War over   

Aug 22   George Shillibeer, pioneer of London's 1st bus service, dies on this day in history.   

Aug 23   Treaty of Prague ends Austro-Prussian war in the year 1866.   

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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 in the year 1866.   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter/etcher   

Jan 13   In the year 1866 birth of vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov, composer   

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

Jan 19   In the year 1866 birth of harry Davenport, NYC, actor/director (Her Unborn Child, My Sin)   

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

Jan 25   On this day in history 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   In the year 1866 m T d'Azeglio, writer, dies   

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

Mar 10   On this day in history antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini, composer, dies at 87