Birthdays
Blanche Kelso Bruce
Turns 25 on this date
Robert Christie Buchanan
Turns 55 on this date
Lewis Garrard Clarke
Turns 51 on this date
James Fleming Fagan
Turns 38 on this date
William Dean Howells
Turns 29 on this date
John Moore Leonard
Turns 33 on this date
Albin Francisco Schoepf
Turns 44 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | Missouri's governor requests funds for militia action against lawlessness in the state. | 03/01/1866 |
| 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 |