In the year 1866, the first daylight bank robbery in the United States takes place in Liberty, Missouri, probably committed by Jesse James and his gang (Feb 13), the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City (Apr 10), the telegraph cable between Ireland and Newfoundland, i.e. across the Atlantic Ocean, is successfully laid (Jul 27), the United States Congress legally authorizes metric measure, which fails to gain ground though (Jul 28), Alfred Nobel invents dynamite in Germany - and all these fine people were born:

1866-0115 Nathan Söderblom* clergyman/N - Trönö, Sweden (1931/65) 1866-0124 Jaan Poska* Estonian barrister/politician - Laiusevälja, Livonia, Russian Empire (1920/54) 1866-0129 Romain Rolland* dramatist/novelist/mystic/N - Clamecy, Nièvre, Second French Empire (1944/78) 1866-0201 Agda Meyerson* nurse/activist - Stockholm, Sweden (1924/58) 1866-0210 1866-0212 Lev Shestov* (b Yehuda Leib Shvartsman) existentialist/religious philosopher - Kiev, Ukraine, Russian Empire (1938/72) 1866-0222 Erika Aittamaa* (b Kruukka) artisan/mitten manufacturer - Junosuando, Sweden (1952/86) Ruijan Kaiku 1866-0225 Dreves Uitterdijk* Dutch linguist who promoted Esperanto - Readtsjerk, Friesland, Netherlands (1940/74) 1866-0226 Herbert Henry Dow* chemical industrialist - Belleville, Canada West (1930/64) 1866-0228 Mamie Shields Pyle* women’s suffrage leader - Orange, NJ USA (1949/83) 1866-0301 1866-0315 Matthew Charlton* Australian politician - Linton, Colony of Victoria (1948/82) 1866-0315 Johan Vaaler* inventor/ patent clerk - Aurskog-Høland, Norway (1910/43) 1866-0326 Fred Karno* (b Westcott) slapstick comedian - Exeter, Devon, England (1941/75) 1866-0416 Anne Sullivan* Helen Keller’s aide - Feeding Hills Agawam, MA USA (1936/70) 1866-0419 Salomon Hakoniemi** brother of Mikko H./married to Anna Josefiina Siinainmäki - Ilmajoki, GD of Finland (1938/71) 1866-0505 Ants Laikmaa* painter - Paiba farm, Märjamaa, Estonia, Russian Empire (1942/76) 1866-0506 Matti Paasivuori* carpenter/politician - Ilmajoki, GD of Finland (1937/71) 1866-0517 Erik Satie* pianist/composer - Honfleur, Second French Empire (1925/59) 1866-0520 Philipp Schumacher* painter - Innsbrück, Austrian Empire (1940/74) 1866-0522 1866-0524 Hermann Trenkwald* painter - Vienna, Austrian Empire (1942/76) 1866-0525 Annie Edelfelt* teacher/ illlustrator/sister of Albert Edelfelt - Helsinki, GD of Finland (1934/68) 1866-0604 Miina Sillanpää* (b Riktig) edttor/politician/the first female minister in Finland - Jokioinen, GD of Finland (1952/85) 1866-0609 Santeri Ivalo*writer/journalist/historian - Sodankylä, GD of Finland (1937/70) 1866-0701 1866-0708 Nils Adlercreutz* military leader/horse rider(OGt) - Brunneby, Sweden (1955/89) 1866-0714 Juliette Wytsman* (b Trullemans) painter - Brussels, Belgium (1925/58) 1866-0714 Ragnar Östberg* architect (Stockholm City Hall) - Stockholm, Sweden (1945/78) 1866-0720 1866-0728 Beatrix Potter* writer/illustrator - Kensington,  London, England (1943/77) 1866-0731 1866-0801 1866-0805 Caroline Takamine Beach* (b Hitch) socialite/philanthropist/m to chemist Takamine Jōkichi - Fairhaven, MA USA (1954/88) 1866-0810 1866-0812 Jacinto Benavente* dramatist/N - Madrid, Spain (1954/87) 1866-0816 Karl Fazer* businessman/confectioner/founder of Fazer - Helsinki, GD of Finland (1932/66) Karl Fazer Company 1866-0820 1866-0830 1866-0921 Charles Nicolle* bacteriologist/N - Rouen, Second French Empire (1936/69) 1866-0921 H.G. Wells* poet/playwright/science fiction writer - Bromley Kent, England (1946/79) 1866-1130 Robert Broom* doctor/palaeontologist/anthropologist active in South Africa - Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (1951/84) 1866-1201 Henry B. Harris* Broadway producer/theater owner/sank with the RMS Titanic - St. Louis, MO USA (1912/45) 1866-1221 Maud Gonne* Irish revolutionary/suffragette/actress - Tongham, England (1953/86) 1866-0 1866-0 1866-0 Updated 2025-0511 Helsinki Search for years here