Birthdays
Elias Cornelius Boudinot
Turns 31 on this date
John Mercer Brockenbrough
Turns 36 on this date
Thomas Nelson Conrad
Turns 29 on this date
Samuel Alfred Foot
Turns 76 on this date
George Washington LeCato
Turns 24 on this date
Robert Todd Lincoln
Turns 23 on this date
Robert McClelland
Turns 59 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | In London, cholera continues its European assault, killing five thousand in two weeks. |
07/29/1866 to 08/04/1866 |
| Personal | John Ross, for thirty-eight years Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, dies in Washington, D.C. | 08/01/1866 |
| US/the World | On the island of Crete, the local population rises in revolt against the Turkish Empire. | 08/01/1866 |
Documents
| Military record | Philip H. Sheridan to Ulysses S. Grant, New Orleans, August 1, 1866. | 08/01/1866 |