1866 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1866?
- January 18, 1866 – Wesley College, Melbourne is established.
- February 16, 1866 – Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.
- February 25, 1866 – Miners in Calaveras County, California, discover what is now called the Calaveras Skull, human remains that supposedly indicated that man, mastodons, and elephants had co-existed.
- March 31, 1866 – The Spanish Navy bombs the harbor of Valparaíso, Chile.
- April 6, 1866 – The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956.
- April 8, 1866 – Italy and Prussia ally against Austrian Empire.
- April 10, 1866 – The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
- May 2, 1866 – Peruvian defenders fight off Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.
- May 5, 1866 – Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.
- May 16, 1866 – The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, or nickel.
- June 2, 1866 – Fenian raids: Fenians are victorious in both the Battle of Ridgeway and the Battle of Fort Erie.
- June 7, 1866 – 1,800 Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after they loot and plunder around Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg, Quebec.
- June 24, 1866 – Battle of Custoza: an Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War.
- July 20, 1866 – Austro-Prussian War: Battle of Lissa – The Austrian Navy , led by Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, defeats the Italian Navy near the island of Vis in the Adriatic Sea.
- July 24, 1866 – Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. State to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.
- July 27, 1866 – The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart’s Content, Newfoundland.
- August 20, 1866 – President Andrew Johnson formally declares the American Civil War over.
- August 23, 1866 – Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.
- October 19, 1866 – Venice - Annexion of Veneto and Mantua to Italy - At Hotel Europa, Austria hands over Veneto to France, which hands it immediately over to Italy.
- October 22, 1866 – A plebiscite ratifies the annexion of Veneto and Mantua to Italy, occurred three days before, on October 19.
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