Birthdays
Philip St. George Cooke
Turns 57 on this date
John Knox Finley
Turns 60 on this date
Gustavus Vasa Fox
Turns 45 on this date
Thomas Maley Harris
Turns 49 on this date
Benjamin Jefferson Hill
Turns 41 on this date
Events
| Personal | Moses Odell, influential New York Democrat and friend of Abraham Lincoln, dies of cancer in Brooklyn. | 06/13/1866 |
| 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 |