Page 6: Historical Events In 1866

Sep 04   1st Hawaiian daily newspaper published   

Sep 04   The inaugural Hawaiian daily newspaper published.   

Sep 06   Frederick Douglass is 1st US black delegate to a national convention   

Sep 09   Gergely Czuczor, Hungarian/Czech poet/translator, dies at 65.   

Sep 10   Tor Bernhard Vilhelm Aulin, composer.   

Sep 13   Adolf Meyer, US, psychiatrist/neurologist (pioneered mental hygiene)   

Sep 20   Gustave Doret, composer.   

Sep 21   Charles Jean Henri Nicolle France, bacteriologist (Nobel-1928)   

Sep 21   H.G Wells, English writer is born   

Sep 22   Decisive battle of Curupaity in the War of the Triple Alliance   

Sep 23   Edouard Combe, composer.   

Sep 25   (Leonard W) Jerome Park opens in Bronx for horse racing   

Sep 25   Thomas Hunt Morgan, US, biologist (Nobel-1933)   

Sep 26   Carl Almqvist, Swedish author (Amorina), dies at 72.   

Sep 27   Tryggve Andersen, Norwegian writer (Fra Cancelliraadens Dage)   

Oct 01   Dutch Eindhoven-Venlo railway opens   

Oct 02   Charles de Souzy Ricketts, artist   

Oct 02   J Osterhoudt patents tin can with key opener.   

Oct 03   Learmont Drysdale, composer.   

Oct 06   1st train robbery in US (Reno Brothers take $13000)   

Oct 06   inaugural train robbery in US.   

Oct 06   Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice and music.   

Oct 07   Martha McChesney Berry, US, founded Berry School for Children.   

Oct 12   Antonie Waldrop, painter/lithographer   

Oct 15   Great fire in Quebec destroys 2500 houses.   

Oct 16   Pieter J Kromsigt, theologist/publicist (Troffel and Sword).   

Oct 19   Clarence Lucas, composer.   

Oct 22   Paraguay: Battle of Curupaytí against Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay   

Oct 25   Georg Alfred Schumann, composer   

Oct 30   Jesse James gang robs bank in Lexington Missouri ($2000).   

Nov 01   1st Civil Rights Bill passes.   

Nov 04   Kingdom of Italy annexes Venetia   

Nov 05   Daniel Protheroe, composer   

Nov 07   Carl Emil Paul Lincke, composer   

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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,