Birthdays
Samuel Read Anderson
Turns 62 on this date
George Childs Burling
Turns 32 on this date
Francis Jay Herron
Turns 29 on this date
William Ward Orme
Turns 34 on this date
William Farrar Smith
Turns 42 on this date
Elikim Persons Walton
Turns 54 on this date
Phillip Alexander Work
Turns 34 on this date
Events
| 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 |