Page 3: Historical Events In 1866

Apr 04   Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in the city of Kiev on this day in history.   

Apr 04   In the year 1866 george P Baker, US playwright (47 Workshop)   

Apr 06   G.A.R. forms on this day in history.   

Apr 06   On this day in history joseph Lincoln Steffens, muckraker/journalist (Shame of the Cities)   

Apr 06   The birth of Butch Cassidy, American 'Wild West' outlaw in the year 1866.   

Apr 08   Italy and Prussia ally against Austria-Hungary on this day in history.   

Apr 09   In the year 1866 civil Rights Bill passes over Pres Andrew Johnson's veto   

Apr 10   American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) forms in the year 1866.   

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   In the year 1866 carla Ford, Henry's wife   

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

Apr 13   Butch Cassidy, [Robert LeRoy Parker], American desperado (Wild Bunch Passage) in the year 1866.   

Apr 14   Anne Mansfield Sullivan, US, educated Helen Keller on this day in history.   

Apr 15   William Jackson, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Apr 16   Karakozov attempts to assassinate Tsar Alexander II of Russia in the year 1866.   

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

Apr 19   Henri WA Deterding, Dutch oil magnate (Royal Oil, Shell) in the year 1866.   

Apr 20   In the year 1866 victor Hollaender, composer   

Apr 22   On this day in history hans von Seeckt, German general (Future of the Reich)   

Apr 24   On this day in history victoria BC is connected to British Columbia mainland via cable and telegraph.   

May 01   American Equal Rights Association forms in the year 1866.   

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

May 04   On this day in history woodward's Gardens opens to public   

May 07   On this day in history cornelis J K van Aalst, president (Dutch Trading Company)   

May 07   On this day in history german premier Otto von Bismarck seriously wounded in assassin attempt   

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 on this day in history.   

May 16   Congress authorizes nickel 5¢ piece (replaces silver half-dime) on this day in history.   

May 16   In the year 1866 ernest Watson Burgess, US sociologist (ecological school)   

May 16   On this day in history the U S Congress authorizes the minting of a 5-cent coin The nickel is born   

May 17   On this day in history adolf Bernhard Marx, composer, dies at 70   

May 17   On this day in history the birth of Erik Satie, French composer   

May 18   French Government of De Putte resigns on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   In the year 1866 birth of prof Gilbert Murray, Australian classical scholar (d. 1957)   

Jan 08   William G. Conley, American politician (d. 1940) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter/etcher was born in the year 1866.   

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 in the year 1866.   

Jan 25   On this day in history birth of emile Vandervelde, leader of Belgian BWP party   

Jan 10   On this day in history 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   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   Antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini, composer, dies at 87 in the year 1866.