Birthdays
Joseph Robert Davis
Turns 41 on this date
Willis Arnold Gorman
Turns 50 on this date
Richard Waterhouse
Turns 34 on this date
Jones Mitchell Withers
Turns 52 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | Another steamer is sunk in the Bay of Biscay but this time all aboard are saved. | 01/12/1866 |
| Science/Technology | In London, British powered human flight enthusiasts found the world's oldest aeronautical society | 01/12/1866 |
| Crime/Disasters | Shifting ice on the frozen Mississippi River again crushes river boats on the St. Louis, Missouri levee | 01/12/1866 |
| 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 |