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1867 Historical Event(s)
January 8, 1867
– African American men are granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
March 1, 1867
– Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.
March 11, 1867
– The first performance of Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Paris.
May 11, 1867
– Luxembourg gains its independence.
June 15, 1867
– Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode gold mine located in Montana.
July 17, 1867
– Harvard School of Dental Medicine was established in Boston. It was the first dental school in the U.S.
August 28, 1867
– The United States takes possession of the, at this point unoccupied, Midway Atoll.
September 2, 1867
– Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō. The Empress consort is thereafter known as Lady Haruko. Since her death in 1914, she is called by the posthumous name Empress Shōken.
November 23, 1867
– The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish nationalists from custody.
December 2, 1867
– At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
Who Were Born On 1867?
January 18, 1867
– Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan Journalist, Diplomat, Poet (d. 1916)
February 20, 1867
– Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (d. 1931)
March 25, 1867
– Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor (d. 1941)
May 26, 1867
– Mary of Teck, queen consort of George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1953)
June 17, 1867
– Flora Finch, British-American silent-film comedienne (d. 1940)
June 28, 1867
– Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1936)
July 25, 1867
– Max Dauthendey, German writer (d. 1918)
August 28, 1867
– Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (d. 1948)
November 27, 1867
– Charles Koechlin, French composer (d. 1950)