What Happened In August 1866 - Historical Events 1866 August

Historical Events for August, 1866

17th » The Grand Duchy of Baden announces her withdrawal from the German Confederation and signs a History of Baden-Württemberg named treaty of peace and alliance with Prussia.
20th » President of the United States or President Andrew Johnson formally declares the American Civil War over.
23rd » Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague (1866) named Treaty of Prague.

5th » Carl Harries, German chemist and academic (d. 1923)
5th » Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (d. 1917)
6th » Allen Lard, American golfer (d. 1946)
8th » Matthew Henson, American explorer (d. 1955)
12th » Jacinto Benavente, Spanish playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1954)
12th » Henrik Sillem, Dutch target shooter (d. 1907)
13th » Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded Fiat known as Fiat S.p.A (d. 1945)
14th » Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician and academic (d. 1962)
15th » Italo Santelli, Italian fencer (d. 1945)
17th » Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, Indian 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (d. 1911)
17th » Julia Marlowe, English-American actress (d. 1950)
31st » Gilbert Bougnol, French fencer (d. 1947)

1st » John Ross (Cherokee chief) called John Ross, American tribal chief (b. 1790)
3rd » Gábor Klauzál, Hungarian politician, Minister of Agriculture (Hungary) called Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1804)
6th » John Mason Neale, English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
29th » Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1846)