Birthdays
Taylor F. Blow
Turns 46 on this date
Maunsell Bradhurst Field
Turns 44 on this date
Edward Haight
Turns 49 on this date
Herman Haupt
Turns 49 on this date
Thomas West Sherman
Turns 53 on this date
Adam Clarke Snyder
Turns 32 on this date
Charles F. Willard
Turns 44 on this date
George Washington Woodward
Turns 57 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | In Danville, Virginia, a large fire along Main Street destroys a factory and several stores | 03/26/1866 |
| Crime/Disasters | In Northern California, a severe earthquake causes alarm but little damage and few injuries | 03/26/1866 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | Maryland former Confederate General Bradley T. Johnson arrested in Baltimore on a charge of treason | 03/26/1866 |
| 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 |