Birthdays
Christopher Columbus Augur
Turns 45 on this date
Andrew Berryhill Buchanan
Turns 56 on this date
James Dunwoody Brownson DeBow
Turns 46 on this date
Jacob Merritt Howard
Turns 61 on this date
Robert Miller Patton
Turns 57 on this date
Lucius Eugene Polk
Turns 33 on this date
Andrew Porter
Turns 46 on this date
Thomas Sargent Reese
Turns 26 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | In the English Channel, a British warship and a civilian steamship collide and are both sunk. | 07/10/1866 |
| 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 |