Birthdays
Eli Metcalfe Bruce
Turns 38 on this date
Horatio Washington Bruce
Turns 36 on this date
Octavius Valentine Catto
Turns 27 on this date
George Richard Crooks
Turns 44 on this date
William Weaver Danenhower
Turns 46 on this date
Roswell Martin Field
Turns 59 on this date
Isabella Beecher Hooker
Turns 44 on this date
Robert Johnson
Turns 32 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | Alexander Stephens addresses the Georgia Legislature and urges acceptance and a new South | 02/22/1866 |
| Campaigns/Elections | In Louisville, Kentucky, a mass meeting requests the withdrawal of the Freedmen's Bureau from the state. | 02/22/1866 |
| Science/Technology | In New York, the new railroad bridge linking Albany and Rensselaer across the Hudson opens for service | 02/22/1866 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In western Oregon, U.S. infantry storm a Shoshone village near present day Jordan Creek | 02/22/1866 |
| Campaigns/Elections | Indiana Republicans meet in convention in Indianapolis and praise President Johnson | 02/22/1866 |
| 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 |