Important Events in 1866
- Jun 13 US House of representatives passes 14th Amendment (Civil rights)
- Jul 27 transatlantic telegraph cable successfully in second attempt comes ashore at Heart's Content, Newfoundland laid out by Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Great Eastern steamship (1,686 miles long)
- Aug 20 President Andrew Johnson formally declares US Civil War over
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Did You Know?
Jesse James holds up his first bank, stealing $15,000 from the Clay County Savings Association in Liberty, Missouri
On February 13, 1866
Famous People in 1866
Charles Dickens
NovelistClaude Monet
Impressionist PainterGiuseppe Verdi
Composer
World Leaders in 1866
Andrew Johnson
17th US PresidentEdward Smith-Stanley
British Prime Minister
Famous People Who Died in 1866
- Jan 10 Pyotr Pletnyov, Russian poet (b. 1792)
- Jan 15 M T d'Azeglio, writer, dies
- Jan 23 Thomas Love Peacock, English satirist (b. 1785)
- Jan 27 John Gibson, British sculptor, dies at 75 (b. 1790)
- Feb 3 François-Xavier Garneau, French Canadian poet and historian (b. 1809)
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