Birthdays
James Sproat Brown
Turns 42 on this date
William Bowen Campbell
Turns 59 on this date
William Oliver Cornman
Turns 25 on this date
Frederick Douglass
Turns 48 on this date
John Rice Eden
Turns 40 on this date
George Franklin Edmunds
Turns 38 on this date
Warren Holden
Turns 49 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | In western Pennsylvania, an early morning fire destroys much of the center of the town of Franklin | 02/01/1866 |
| Crime/Disasters | Months of sometimes violent volcanic activity are striking the Greek Island of Santorini |
01/19/1866 to 02/20/1866 |
| 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 |