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1864 1865 1866 - 1867 - 1868 1869 1870
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| align="center" colspan=2 | 1840s 1850s - 1860s ''' - 1870s 1880s 1890s
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1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a Common Year Starting On Tuesday (see link for calendar).
Events
January—April
- January 1 - The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge opens between Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky , becoming the longest suspension bridge in the world
- January 8 - African-American men granted the right to vote in the District Of Columbia
- January 11 - Benito Juárez becomes Mexican president again
- January 30 - Emperor Komei Of Japan dies. Crown Prince Mutsuhito is expected to become the next Emperor Of Japan .
- January 31 – Maronite nationalist leader Karam leaves Lebanon on board of a French ship for Algeria
- February 3 - Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu abdicates, and the late Emperor Komei 's son, Prince Mutshuhito ( Emperor Meiji) becomes Emperor Of Japan . End of the Late Tokugawa Shogunate .
- February 17 - The first ship passes through the Suez Canal
- March 1 - Nebraska is admitted as the 37th U.S. State .
- March 16 - First publication of an article by Joseph Lister outlining the discovery of Antiseptic Surgery , in '' The Lancet ''.
- March 29 - The British North America Act receives royal assent, forming the Dominion of Canada in an event known as Confederation . This unites the Province Of Canada , Quebec , Ontario , New Brunswick , and Nova Scotia as of July 1 . Ottawa becomes the capital, and John A. Macdonald becomes the Dominion's first Prime Minister .
- March 30 - Alaska is purchased for $7.2 million from Alexander II Of Russia , about 2 cent/acre ($4.19/km&2), by United States Secretary Of State William H. Seward . The news media call this " Seward's Folly ."
- April 1 - Strait Settlement of Singapore , fomerly ruled from Calcutta , becomes a Crown Colony under the jurisdiction of the Colonial Office in London
May—August
September—December
Month/day unknown
Births
- January 8 - Emily Greene Balch , American writer and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1961 )
- January 17 - Carl Laemmle , German-born film executive (d. 1939 )
- January 18 - Rubén Darío , Nicaraguan poet (d. 1916 )
- January 20 - Yvette Guilbert , French singer and actress (d. 1944 )
- January 21 - Ludwig Thoma , German writer (d. 1921 )
- January 21 - Maxime Weygand , French general (d. 1965 )
- February 7 - Laura Ingalls Wilder , American children's author (d. 1957 )
- February 21 - Otto Hermann Kahn , German-born millionaire and philanthropist (d. 1934 )
- February 27 - Wilhelm Peterson-Berger , Swedish composer (d. 1942 )
- March 25 - Arturo Toscanini , Italian conductor (d. 1957 )
- March 29 - Cy Young , baseball player (d. 1955 )
- April 2 - Eugen Sandow , German-born body builder and circus performer (d. 1925 )
- April 7 - Holger Pedersen , Dutch linguist (d. 1953 )
- April 9 - Chris Watson , third Prime Minister Of Australia (d. 1941 )
- April 10 - George William Russell , Irish nationalist, poet and artist (d. 1935 )
- April 13 - Sammy Woods , English cricketer (d. 1931 )
- April 16 - René Boylesve , French author (d. 1926 )
- April 16 - Wilbur Wright , American aviation pioneer (d. 1912 )
- April 23 - Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger , Danish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (d. 1928 )
- May 3 - J.T. Hearne , English cricketer (d. 1944 )
- May 7 - Władysław Reymont , Polish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1925 )
- May 14 - Kurt Eisner , German politician and publicist (d. 1919 )
- May 26 - Mary Of Teck (d. 1953 )
- June 4 - Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim , President Of Finland (d. 1951 )
- June 8 - Frank Lloyd Wright , American architect (d. 1959 )
- June 28 - Luigi Pirandello , Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936 )
- July 8 - Käthe Kollwitz , German artist (d. 1945 )
- July 10 - Prince Maximilian Of Baden , Chancellor Of Germany (d. 1929 )
- July 27 - Enrique Granados , Spanish composer (d. 1916 )
- July 28 - Charles Dillon Perrine , American-born astronomer (d. 1951 )
- August 12 - Edith Hamilton , German-born educator and author (d. 1963 )
- August 14 - John Galsworthy , English writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1933 )
- August 22 - Maximilian Bircher-Benner , Swiss physician and nutritionist (d. 1939 )
- September 28 - Kiichiro Hiranuma , 35th Prime Minister Of Japan (d. 1952 )
- October 25 - Józef Dowbór-Muśnicki , Polish general (d. 1937 )
- October 31 - David Graham Phillips , American journalist and novelist (d. 1911 )
- November 7 - Marie Curie , Polish-born scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Chemistry and Physics (d. 1934 )
- December 5 - Józef Piłsudski , Polish statesman andfield marshal (d. 1935 )
- December 23 - Madame C. J. Walker , first African-American millionaire (d. 1919 )
- December 24 - Kantaro Suzuki , 42nd Prime Minister Of Japan (d. 1948 )
Deaths
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