Birthdays
George Quayle Cannon
Turns 39 on this date
James Ronald Chalmers
Turns 35 on this date
Alfred Eugene Jackson
Turns 59 on this date
Cave Johnson
Turns 73 on this date
John Adam Kasson
Turns 44 on this date
John Reese Kenly
Turns 48 on this date
William Cyrus Rheem
Turns 32 on this date
Bayard Taylor
Turns 41 on this date
Joseph Blake Wilson
Turns 34 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | British ship bound for Australia with 250 souls aboard sinks in the Bay of Biscay and all but 19 are lost | 01/11/1866 |
| Personal | Harriet Lane, former President Buchanan's "First Lady," marries Baltimore banker Henry Elliot Johnson | 01/11/1866 |
| Campaigns/Elections | In Iowa, Governor William Stone begins his second term and endorses African-American suffrage | 01/11/1866 |
| Education/Culture | On Long Island, a well attended "fox-chase" on an enclosed trotting course kills six foxes | 01/11/1866 |
| Legal/Political | The first session of the 39th Congress is sitting in Washington DC from early January to late July, 1866 |
01/07/1866 to 07/27/1866 |