Birthdays
William Aiken
Turns 60 on this date
William Vincent Allen
Turns 19 on this date
Daniel Moore Bates
Turns 45 on this date
George Sewall Boutwell
Turns 48 on this date
William Thomas Harbaugh Brooks
Turns 45 on this date
Henry Brevard Davidson
Turns 35 on this date
Andrew Jackson Hamilton
Turns 51 on this date
Thomas Carmichael Hindman
Turns 38 on this date
Robert Doak Lilley
Turns 30 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | A stern-wheeler steamboat explodes and burns on the Arkansas River, killing around 130 people | 01/28/1866 |
| 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 |
| Personal | The only son of Supreme Court Justice Robert Cooper Grier dies in the Miami steamboat disaster | 01/28/1866 |