1866 Calendar
A year scroll with Latin text from β€œThe Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

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Historical Event(s)

– 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.
– 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.
– The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
– Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.
– In the Fenian Invasion of Canada, John O'Neill leads 850 Fenian raiders across the Niagara River at Buffalo, New York/Fort Erie, Ontario, as part of an effort to free Ireland from the United Kingdom. Canadian militia and British regulars repulse the invaders in over the next three days, at a cost of 9 dead and 38 wounded to the Fenian’s 19 dead and about 17 wounded.
– Battle of Custoza: an Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War.
– Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. State to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.
– The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart’s Content, Newfoundland.
– Battle of Curupaity in the War of the Triple Alliance.
– Venice - Annexion of Veneto and Mantua to Italy - At Hotel Europa, Austria hands over Veneto to France, which hands it immediately over to Italy.

Who Were Born On ?

– Prof. Gilbert Murray, Australian classical scholar (d. 1957)
– Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian composer (d. 1901)
– Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1931)
– Lev Shestov, Russian philosopher (d. 1938)
– Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev, Russian physicist (d. 1912)
– Miina Sillanpää, Finnish politician (d. 1952)
– Tristan Bernard, French playwright and novelist (d. 1947)
– Antonio Luna, Filipino revolutionary general (d. 1899)
– Herbert Austin, English automobile pioneer (d. 1941)
– Louis Bolk, a Dutch anatomist (d. 1930)