1866
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
January
- 16th
Author H.J.C. Grierson was born.
February
- The sloop Elizabeth (1866), sank at one of the locations on Yell know as 'Burravoe'.
March
- Muckle Flugga lighthouse shaken by earthquake.
May
- 27th
The O 51, a sloop registered in Ostend, Belgium drove from anchor and was wrecked in Grutness Voe. All of the crew were saved.
December
- 25th
Author William A. S. Burgess, younger brother of Haldane Burgess born in Lerwick.
