Page 5: Historical Events In 1866

Jul 11   On this day in history r Beer-Hofmann, writer   

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

Jul 19   On this day in history tennessee is 1st to ratify 14th Amendment, guaranteeing civil rights   

Jul 20   Faa di Bruno, Italian captain (Er d'italia, Lissa), commits suicide in the year 1866.   

Jul 20   Sea battle of Lissa-Austria vs Italy on this day in history.   

Jul 21   Cholera epidemic kills hundreds in London on this day in history.   

Jul 23   On this day in history cincinnati Baseball club (Red Stockings) forms   

Jul 23   In the year 1866 francesco Cilea, composer   

Jul 23   In the year 1866 thomas Forbes Walmisley, composer, dies at 83   

Jul 24   Tennessee becomes 1st Confederate state readmitted to Union on this day in history.   

Jul 24   In the year 1866 tennessee becomes first Confederate state readmitted to Union   

Jul 25   In the year 1866 25th Postmaster General: Alexander W Randall of Wis takes office   

Jul 25   On this day in history aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist, dies   

Jul 25   Frederick Frost Blackman, English botanist on this day in history.   

Jul 25   US Grant named first general of Army in the year 1866.   

Jul 26   On this day in history canoe Club opens in England   

Jul 26   In the year 1866 francesco Cilea, composer   

Jul 27   On this day in history atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long)   

Jul 27   In the year 1866 cyrus W. Field lays the first successful underwater telegraph cable connecting North America and Europe (after two failed attempts).   

Jul 28   Beatrix Potter, England, children's author (Tale of Peter Rabbit) on this day in history.   

Jul 28   On this day in history 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   On this day in history race riot in New Orleans   

Aug 05   Alfred Holy, composer on this day in history.   

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

Aug 08   In the year 1866 matthew A Henson, 1st Black to reach North Pole (Jun 4 1909)   

Aug 10   On this day in history transatlantic cable laid   

Aug 10   Transatlantic cable laid-Pres Buchanan spoke to Queen Victoria in the year 1866.   

Aug 11   On this day in history world's 1st roller rink opens (Newport RI)   

Aug 12   On this day in history jacinto Benavente y Martínez, Spanish playwright (Nobel 1922)   

Aug 17   Bathe & Prussia signs peace treaty on this day in history.   

Aug 20   Pres Andrew Johnson formally declares Civil War over in the year 1866.   

Aug 22   On this day in history george Shillibeer, pioneer of London's 1st bus service, dies   

Aug 23   In the year 1866 treaty of Prague ends Austro-Prussian war   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of prof Gilbert Murray, Australian classical scholar (d. 1957)   

Jan 08   In the year 1866 birth of william G. Conley, American politician (d. 1940)   

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

Jan 13   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   M T d'Azeglio, writer, dies on this day in history.   

Jan 23   In the year 1866 death of thomas Love Peacock, English satirist (b. 1785)   

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

Feb 03   In the year 1866 death of françois-Xavier Garneau, French Canadian poet and historian (b. 1809)   

Mar 04   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.