Birthdays
Napoleon Bonaparte Buford
Turns 59 on this date
Salmon Portland Chase
Turns 58 on this date
Wesley Cochran
Turns 52 on this date
William Henry French
Turns 51 on this date
Joseph Eldridge Hamblin
Turns 38 on this date
Humphrey Marshall
Turns 54 on this date
Ernestine Louise Polowsky Rose
Turns 56 on this date
Edward Stout
Turns 45 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | A deadly letter bomb sent to Supreme Court Justice Stephen Field at the Capitol is defused safely | 01/13/1866 |
| Crime/Disasters | In St. Louis, a second day of shifting ice on the Mississippi River crushes seven more river boats. | 01/13/1866 |
| 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 |
| Battles/Soldiers | U.S. General Weitzel arrives in Bagdad, Mexico to restore order and declares martial law. | 01/13/1866 |