1866

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1866 is a common year starting on Monday.

Years:
1863 1864 1865 - 1866 - 1867 1868 1869

Decades:
1830s 1840s 1850s - 1860s - 1870s 1880s 1890s

Centuries:
18th century - 19th century - 20th century

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List of state leaders in 1866
List of religious leaders in 1866

Events

January 6 – Ottoman troops clash with men of a Maronite leader Karam in St. Doumit in Lebanon - Turks are defeated
January 12 - Royal Aeronautical Society is formed (London)
January 28 - 800 Maronite troops clash with Ottoman troops in Karem Saddah, modern-day Lebanon - more battles between nationalist Maronites and Ottoman army follow
February 13 - Jesse James robs his first bank
May - Student Choen Blind fails to assassinate Otto von Bismarck in Unter den Linden in Berlin
May 16 - The United States Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, or nickel.
May 16 - Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer.
May 24 - Battle of Tuyuti - 32.000 soldiers of the Triple Alliance defeat 24.000 Paraguayan soldiers few miles north of the Parana - 18.000 dead
June 14 - Beginning of the Austro-Prussian War, when the Austrians and most of the medium German states declare war on Prussia.
June 8 - The Canadian Parliament meets for the first time in Ottawa.
July 3 - Austro-Prussian War decided at the Battle of K�niggratz, resulting in Prussia taking over as the prominent German nation from Austria.
July 5 - Marriage of Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, third daughter of Queen Victoria to Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
July 20 - Naval battle at Lissa between Austria Hungary and Italy.
July 24 - Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.
July 25 - The United States Congress passes legislation authorizing the rank of General of the Army (now called "5-star general") Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant becomes the first to have this rank.
July 27 - The Atlantic Cable is successfully completed, allowing transatlantic telegraph communication for the first time.
July 28 - The Metric Act of 1866 becomes law and legalizes the standardization of weights and measures in the United States.
August 23 - Treaty of Prague ends the Austro-Prussian War
September 22 - Paraguayan troops defeat Argentinean assault on Curuparty - one-third of Argentinean army destroyed.