Page 5: Historical Events In 1866

Jul 11   R Beer-Hofmann, writer on this day in history.   

Jul 17   Italian fleet under adm Persano capture Austrian Fort Lissa in the year 1866.   

Jul 19   Tennessee is 1st to ratify 14th Amendment, guaranteeing civil rights in the year 1866.   

Jul 20   Faa di Bruno, Italian captain (Er d'italia, Lissa), commits suicide on this day in history.   

Jul 20   In the year 1866 sea battle of Lissa-Austria vs Italy   

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

Jul 23   In the year 1866 cincinnati Baseball club (Red Stockings) forms   

Jul 23   Francesco Cilea, composer in the year 1866.   

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   Tennessee becomes first Confederate state readmitted to Union in the year 1866.   

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

Jul 25   In the year 1866 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 on this day in history.   

Jul 26   In the year 1866 canoe Club opens in England   

Jul 26   In the year 1866 francesco Cilea, composer   

Jul 27   Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long) in the year 1866.   

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

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

Jul 28   Metric system becomes a legal measurement system in US on this day in history.   

Jul 28   The birth of Beatrix Potter, English author in the year 1866.   

Jul 30   On this day in history race riot in New Orleans   

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

Aug 06   In the year 1866 chief Thundercloud, [Scott T Williams], MT, actor (Lone Ranger)   

Aug 08   On this day in history matthew A Henson, 1st Black to reach North Pole (Jun 4 1909)   

Aug 10   Transatlantic cable laid on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1866 jacinto Benavente y Martínez, Spanish playwright (Nobel 1922)   

Aug 17   On this day in history bathe & Prussia signs peace treaty   

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

Aug 22   George Shillibeer, pioneer of London's 1st bus service, dies in the year 1866.   

Aug 23   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of william G. Conley, American politician (d. 1940)   

Jan 09   Albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter/etcher was born on this day in history.   

Jan 13   Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov, composer was born in the year 1866.   

Jan 15   In the year 1866 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   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   In the year 1866 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   In the year 1866 alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder Disciples of Christ, dies at 77   

Mar 06   William Whewell, English scientist, philosopher, and historian of science (b. 1794) died in the year 1866.   

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