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* [[March 13]] – The [[United States Congress]] overwhelmingly passes the [[Civil Rights Act of 1866]], the first federal legislation to protect the rights of African-Americans; U.S. President [[Andrew Johnson]] vetoes the bill on March 27, and Congress overrides the veto on April 9.<ref>"Civil Rights Act of 1866", in ''Encyclopedia of African American History'', Volume 1, Leslie Alexander, ed. (ABC-CLIO, 2010)  p699.</ref>
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* [[April 4]] &ndash; [[Alexander II of Russia]] narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in the city of [[St Petersburg]].
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* [[May 2]] &ndash; [[Battle of Callao]]: [[Peru]]vian defenders fight the Spanish fleet.
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* [[May 7]] &ndash; Student [[Ferdinand Cohen-Blind]] makes a failed attempt to assassinate [[Otto von Bismarck]] in [[Unter den Linden]] in Berlin.
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* [[June 8]] &ndash; The [[Parliament of Canada]] meets for the first time in [[Ottawa]].
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* [[June 14]] &ndash; The [[Austro-Prussian War]] begins, when the Austrians and most of the medium German states declare war on Prussia.
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* [[June 20]] &ndash; The Kingdom of Italy declares war on Austria.
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* [[June 22]] &ndash; In [[Sweden]], the [[Riksdag of the Estates]] votes to replace itself by an elected two-chamber [[Riksdag]].
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* [[July 13]] (July 1 [[Old Style]]) – The first Constitution of [[Romania]] is issued.
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* [[July 24]] – [[Reconstruction Era|Reconstruction]]: [[Tennessee]] becomes the first [[U.S. state]] to be readmitted to the [[United States|Union]] following the [[American Civil War]].
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* [[July 27]] – The SS Great Eastern successfully completes laying the [[transatlantic telegraph cable]] between [[Valentia Island]], Ireland and [[Heart's Content, Newfoundland and Labrador|Heart's Content, Newfoundland]], permanently restoring a communications link.
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* [[August 23]] – The [[Peace of Prague (1866)|Treaty of Prague]] ends the [[Austro-Prussian War]]. The [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Duchy of Limburg]] leaves the [[German Confederation]].
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* [[October 12]] – The [[Treaty of Vienna (1866)|Treaty of Vienna]] ends the war between Austria and Italy; it formalizes the annexation of [[Venetia (region)|Venetia]] by Italy.
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* [[October 14]] – French troops under the command of Rear Admiral [[Pierre-Gustave Roze]] land at [[Ganghwa Island]], Korea as part of [[French campaign against Korea (1866)|a punitive expedition against that kingdom]] for the execution of French [[Jesuit]] priests. It is the first military contact between Korea and a Western force.
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* [[Alfred Nobel]] invents [[dynamite]] in Germany.
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* Foundation of the predecessors of [[Nestlé]] S.A., the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company and Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé.
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* The [[Famine of 1866–68]] begins in Finland.
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* Erasmus Jacobs discovers the {{convert|21.25|carat|g}} [[Eureka Diamond]] near [[Hopetown]] on the banks of the [[Orange River]] in the [[Cape of Good Hope]].
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Revision as of 23:09, 2 March 2021

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Alfred Nobel invents dynamite
year 1866

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Events

EventStartEnd
Pax Brittanica18151915
Victorian era18401901

 

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==A Quotation== 

Births

TitleBornPlace of birthDiedSummaryDescription
James Harbord21 March 1866US
Illinois
Bloomington
20 August 1947Soldier
Robert Livingston Beeckman15 April 186621 January 1935Politician
Financier
Henri Deterding19 April 18664 February 1939Deep politicianAnglo-Dutch oil tycoon, one of the richest men in the world, oil cartel instigator, very early sponsor of Hitler
Hiram Johnson2 September 1866California
Sacramento
6 August 1945PoliticianA leading US "isolationist" politician.
H. G. Wells21 September 1866Kent
Bromley
UK
13 August 1946AuthorEnglish science fiction writer and futurist
Ramsay MacDonald12 October 1866Scotland
Lossiemouth
Morayshire
UK
9 November 1937Journalist
Politician
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References

  1. "Civil Rights Act of 1866", in Encyclopedia of African American History, Volume 1, Leslie Alexander, ed. (ABC-CLIO, 2010) p699.