Page 2: Historical Events In 1866

Feb 25   On this day in history benedetto Croce, Italy, humanist/historian/editor/philosopher   

Feb 26   On this day in history herbert Henry Dow, pioneer in US chemical industry (Dow Chemical)   

Feb 26   New York Legislature establishes NYC Metropolitan Board of Health in the year 1866.   

Feb 26   New York Legislature forms NYC Metropolitan Board of Health in the year 1866.   

Feb 28   In the year 1866 vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet [OS=2/16]   

Mar 01   Paraguayan canoes sink 2 Brazilian ironclads on Rio Parana in the year 1866.   

Mar 02   1st US company to make sewing needles by machine incorporated, Conn in the year 1866.   

Mar 02   The first US company to make sewing needles by machine incorporated, Connecticut in the year 1866.   

Mar 04   On this day in history alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder Disciples of Christ, dies at 77   

Mar 07   On this day in history canada puts 10,000 militia on alert after Fenians hold meeting in New York and threaten invasion; as precaution against anticipated attacks on St. Patrick's Day.   

Mar 07   German premier Otto von Bismarck seriously wounded in assassin attempt in the year 1866.   

Mar 07   Paul Ernst, writer in the year 1866.   

Mar 10   Antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini, composer, dies at 87 in the year 1866.   

Mar 18   Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, composer in the year 1866.   

Mar 19   In the year 1866 immigrant ship Monarch of the Seas sinks in Liverpool; 738 die   

Mar 19   On this day in history louis Clapisson, composer, dies at 57   

Mar 20   Rikard Nordraak, composer, dies at 23 on this day in history.   

Mar 21   Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira Maury, astronomer in the year 1866.   

Mar 21   Congress authorizes national soldiers' homes on this day in history.   

Mar 24   In the year 1866 jack McAuliffe, US lightweight boxing champ, hall of famer   

Mar 24   On this day in history maria Amalia, of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Filips of Austria, dies   

Mar 27   In the year 1866 andrew Rankin patents the urinal   

Mar 27   President Johnson vetoes civil rights bill; it later becomes 14th Amendment on this day in history.   

Mar 28   1st ambulance goes into service on this day in history.   

Mar 28   The first ambulance goes into service in the year 1866.   

Mar 29   Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, Rabbi/Chassidic leader, dies in the year 1866.   

Mar 30   Bedrich Smetana's "Verkaufte Braut" (Sold Bride), premieres in the year 1866.   

Mar 31   The Spanish Navy bombs the harbor of Valparaíso, Chile in the year 1866.   

Apr 01   Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer, dies at 98 in the year 1866.   

Apr 01   In the year 1866 ferruccio D M B Busoni, Italy, pianist/composer/conductor (Arlecchino)   

Apr 01   On this day in history uS Congress rejects presidential veto gives all equal rights in US   

Apr 02   On this day in history pres Johnson ends war in Ala, Ark, Fla, Ga, Miss, La, NC, SC, Tn & Va   

Apr 02   Pres Johnson ends war in Ala, Ark, Fla, Ga, Miss, La, NC, SC, Tn &Va on this day in history.   

Apr 03   In the year 1866 james B Hertzog, South African general/premier (1914-39)   

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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   Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov, composer was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1866 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   Pyotr Pletnyov, Russian poet (b. 1792) died in the year 1866.   

Jan 15   M T d'Azeglio, writer, dies in the year 1866.   

Jan 23   On this day in history death of thomas Love Peacock, English satirist (b. 1785)   

Jan 27   John Gibson, sculptor, dies in the year 1866.   

Feb 03   François-Xavier Garneau, French Canadian poet and historian (b. 1809) died in the year 1866.   

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   Antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini, composer, dies at 87 in the year 1866.