Page 3: Historical Events In 1866

Apr 04   In the year 1866 alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in the city of Kiev.   

Apr 04   On this day in history george P Baker, US playwright (47 Workshop)   

Apr 06   In the year 1866 g.A.R. forms   

Apr 06   Joseph Lincoln Steffens, muckraker/journalist (Shame of the Cities) on this day in history.   

Apr 06   The birth of Butch Cassidy, American 'Wild West' outlaw on this day in history.   

Apr 08   In the year 1866 italy and Prussia ally against Austria-Hungary.   

Apr 09   Civil Rights Bill passes over Pres Andrew Johnson's veto on this day in history.   

Apr 10   In the year 1866 american Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) forms   

Apr 10   In the year 1866 campobello New Brunswick Irish American Fenians attack Campobello Island from Eastport, Maine; persuaded to leave by British warships, US agents.   

Apr 11   Carla Ford, Henry's wife on this day in history.   

Apr 13   In the year 1866 butch Cassidy (Robert Leroy Parker) born.   

Apr 13   Butch Cassidy, [Robert LeRoy Parker], American desperado (Wild Bunch Passage) on this day in history.   

Apr 14   On this day in history anne Mansfield Sullivan, US, educated Helen Keller   

Apr 15   In the year 1866 william Jackson, composer, dies at 51   

Apr 16   On this day in history karakozov attempts to assassinate Tsar Alexander II of Russia   

Apr 16   Nitroglycerine at Wells Fargo & Co office explodes in the year 1866.   

Apr 19   On this day in history henri WA Deterding, Dutch oil magnate (Royal Oil, Shell)   

Apr 20   Victor Hollaender, composer in the year 1866.   

Apr 22   Hans von Seeckt, German general (Future of the Reich) in the year 1866.   

Apr 24   Victoria BC is connected to British Columbia mainland via cable and telegraph in the year 1866.   

May 01   In the year 1866 american Equal Rights Association forms   

May 02   Peruvian defenders fight off Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao on this day in history.   

May 04   Woodward's Gardens opens to public in the year 1866.   

May 07   Cornelis J K van Aalst, president (Dutch Trading Company) on this day in history.   

May 07   German premier Otto von Bismarck seriously wounded in assassin attempt on this day in history.   

May 08   On this day in history australian Rules Football is created and I still do not understand the game, sorry all you Aussie's   

May 13   Ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer on this day in history.   

May 16   Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer in the year 1866.   

May 16   Congress authorizes nickel 5¢ piece (replaces silver half-dime) in the year 1866.   

May 16   Ernest Watson Burgess, US sociologist (ecological school) on this day in history.   

May 16   In the year 1866 the U S Congress authorizes the minting of a 5-cent coin The nickel is born   

May 17   Adolf Bernhard Marx, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1866.   

May 17   In the year 1866 the birth of Erik Satie, French composer   

May 18   In the year 1866 french Government of De Putte resigns   

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Jan 02   Prof Gilbert Murray, Australian classical scholar (d. 1957) was born in the year 1866.   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of william G. Conley, American politician (d. 1940)   

Jan 09   In the year 1866 birth of albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter/etcher   

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov, composer   

Jan 15   Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 20   In the year 1866 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   Pyotr Pletnyov, Russian poet (b. 1792) died in the year 1866.   

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 in the year 1866.   

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

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

Mar 06   On this day in history death of william Whewell, English scientist, philosopher, and historian of science (b. 1794)   

Mar 10   In the year 1866 antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini, composer, dies at 87