Timeline May 1866

Events in May 1866 3

• 1786 – 1866 Winfield Scott (1786-1866) Died 29 May 1866, aged 79 American army general who served in uniform longer than any other officer in US history, commanding forces in the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, and briefly at the outset of the Civil War. His Anaconda Plan shaped Union strategy against the Confederacy.
• 1866 Memphis Massacre of 1866 Racial violence against Black residents of Memphis White mobs, including police, attacked Black neighborhoods in Memphis, Tennessee, over three days, killing dozens of freedpeople and burning homes, schools, and churches. The massacre helped galvanize support in Congress for stronger Reconstruction protections.
• 1866 Overend, Gurney crisis London banking panic known as Black Friday The failure of the discount house Overend, Gurney and Company triggered a run on British banks and a sharp financial panic in London. The crisis led to reforms in Bank of England lending practices and stricter banking regulation in Britain.