Timeline Friday 27 July 1866

Events on Friday 27 July 1866 1

• 1866 First permanent transatlantic telegraph cable completed The Great Eastern lands a working cable at Newfoundland The steamship Great Eastern successfully laid a durable telegraph cable across the Atlantic, landing at Heart's Content, and also recovered and completed the failed 1865 cable. For the first time, reliable near-instant communication linked Europe and North America.