Birthdays
Henry Ward Beecher
Turns 53 on this date
John Archibald Campbell
Turns 55 on this date
David Ramsay Clendenin
Turns 36 on this date
Birkett Davenport Fry
Turns 44 on this date
Henry Rootes Jackson
Turns 46 on this date
William Radford
Turns 52 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | At the Battle of Custoza, near Verona, Austrian troops halt the Italian invasion of Venetia. | 06/24/1866 |
| Crime/Disasters | In Charleston, South Carolina, whites and blacks clash on the streets | 06/24/1866 |
| 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 |