Birthdays
James Gillespie Blaine
Turns 36 on this date
Fletcher Harper
Turns 60 on this date
Josiah Forrest Kennedy
Turns 32 on this date
William Henry Kutz
Turns 62 on this date
Joshua Allan Lippincott
Turns 31 on this date
William Raine Peck
Turns 48 on this date
John Randolph Tucker
Turns 54 on this date
William Barrett William Barrett Washburn
Turns 46 on this date
Events
| Education/Culture | In New York CIty, the Seventh Regiment, New York National Guard hold a gala dress ball for its war veterans | 01/31/1866 |
| 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 |