What Happened in March 1866

Historical Events

Mar 1 War of the Triple Alliance: Paraguayan canoes sink two Brazilian ironclads on the Rio Paraná

Mar 2 1st US company to make sewing needles by machine incorporated, Conn
Mar 7 28th Grand National: 1852 winner Alec Goodman wins his second GN aboard Irish 40/1 outsider Salamander
Mar 19 Immigrant ship Monarch of the Seas sinks in Liverpool; 738 die
Mar 21 US Congress authorizes national soldiers' homes
Mar 27 American Andrew Rankin patents the urinal

Mar 27 US President Andrew Johnson vetoes civil rights bill; it later becomes 14th amendment

Mar 30 Bedřich Smetana's comic opera"Verkaufte Braut" (The Bartered Bride) premieres at Prague Provisional Theatre

Mar 3 Fred A. Busse, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1914)
Mar 7 Paul Ernst, German writer, born in Elbingerode, Kingdom of Hanover (d. 1933)
Mar 10 Amanda Aldridge, British opera singer, pianist, teacher, and composer of parlour songs and light orchestral pieces music, born in Upper Norwood, London, England (d. 1956)
Mar 14 Alexey Troitsky, Russian chess problemist, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1942)
Mar 15 Johan Vaaler, Norwegian inventor (d. 1910)
Mar 15 Matthew Charlton, Australian politician (d. 1948)
Mar 17 Pierce Butler, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1939)
Mar 18 Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, Romanian composer known for sacred choral works, and ethnomusicologist, born in Bucharest, Romanian United Principalities (d. 1928)
Mar 18 John Loudon, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs (1913-18), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1955)
Mar 20 Robert Poore, Irish cricket batsman (3 Tests for South Africa; Hampshire), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1938)
Mar 21 Antonia Maury, American astronomer (created own stellar classification, one of the Harvard 'Observatory human computers), born in Cold Spring, New York (d. 1952)
Mar 24 Jack McAuliffe, Irish-American boxer and undefeated World Lightweight champion (1886-93), born in Cork, Ireland, United Kingdom (d. 1937)

Mar 4 Alexander Campbell, Irish-American clergyman and Founder of Disciples of Christ, dies at 77
Mar 4 Félix Danjou, French church organist, arranger, music teacher, organ builder, and political journalist, dies at 53
Mar 6 William Whewell, English polymath and philosopher (History of Inductive Science), dies at 71
Mar 10 Antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini, Italian-French composer and music publisher, dies at 87
Mar 19 Louis Clapisson, French composer and violinist, dies at 57
Mar 20 Rikard Nordraak, Norwegian composer, dies at 23
Mar 24 Maria Amalia, of Bourbon-Sicily, French queen as wife of Louis Philip of Austria, dies at 83
Mar 28 Solomon Foot, American politician (U.S. Senator from Vermont, 1851-66) and attorney, dies at 63
Mar 29 Baron Floris van Hall, Dutch nobleman and politician (Prime Minister 1853-56, and 1860-61), dies at 74
Mar 29 Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, Rabbi/Chassidic leader, dies