In history, year 1867 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1867.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1867:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|---|
| 13 february | Work began on the covering of the Scene, burying the polluted main waterway in Brussels to allow urban renewal in the centre of the city. |
| 30 march | U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward negotiated the purchase of Alaska for US$7.2 million from Russia. |
| 29 may | By the Austro-Hungarian Compromise, signed by Franz Joseph Iof Austria and a Hungarian delegation led by Ferenc Deák, the DualMonarchy of Austria-Hungary was established. |
| 30 may | Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi established darul uloom. He was an Islamic Scholar and the main person responsible for establishing a centre of excellence where the true teachings of Islam are taught. Darul uloom is an Arabic term which literally means "house of knowledge". The term generally means an Islamic seminary or educational institution—similar to or often the same as a madrassa or Islamic school—although a darul uloom often indicates a more advanced level of study. |
| 15 june | Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode - gold mine found in Montana. The Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode is a gold mine in Deer Lodge County, Montana. The mine is located in the south western area of Montana, between Drummond and Anaconda, east of Georgetown Lake. |
| 19 june | Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico was executed by firing squad in Querétaro. |
| 01 july | The British North America Act came into effect, uniting the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia into the Canadian Confederation |
| 17 july | In Boston, Massachusetts, the Harvard School of Dental Medicinewas established as the first dental school in the United States. |
| 21 october | The first of the Medicine Lodge Treaties was signed between theUnited States and several Native American tribes in the Great Plains,requiring them to relocate to areas in present-day western Oklahoma. |
| 09 november | Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the last shogun of Japan, tendered hisresignation to the Emperor Meiji. |
| 23 november | The Manchester Martyrs were hanged in Manchester, England, forkilling a police officer while helping two Irish nationalists escapefrom police custody. |
| 18 december | In Angola, New York, US, the last coach of a Lake Shore Railway train derailed, plunged 40 ft (12 m) down a gully, and caught fire, resulting in 49 deaths. |
| 30 May | Dar-ul-Uloom was established in Deoband, Uttar Pradesh. |
| 09 September | European country Luxembourg attained independence. |
| 20 September | After the merger of Hungry into Austria, François Jozeff formally became Emperor of Austria Hungry. |
| 01 October | Karl Marx's famous book \ 'Das Capital \' was published. |
| 22 October | The foundation stone of the National University of Columbia was laid. |
| 28 October | Bhagini Nivedita, a disciple of Swami Vivekananda, was born in Ireland. |
| 07 November | French chemist Marie Curie, who discovered radium, was born. It is noteworthy that Madam Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize twice. |
| 21 November | Luxembourg was declared an independent nation. But even then the country remained connected to Holland. |
| 25 November | Sweden's chemist Alfred Nobel patented dynamite. |
| 30 March | America bought Alaska from Russia for $ 7 million. |
| 25 April | Foreign trade allowed in Japan's capital Tokyo. |
| 11 January | Benito Juarez was then made Mexican President. |
| 07 February | West Virginia University Morgantown was founded. |
| 16 March | An article by Joseph Lister, outlining the discovery of antiseptic surgery, was first published in "The Lancet". |
| 01 April | The international exhibition opened in Paris. |
| 20 May | The Royal Albert Hall of the Arts and Sciences Foundation, composed by Queen Victoria, was inaugurated. |
| 15 June | Atlantic cable quartz gold mine installed in Montana. |
| 15 July | San Francisco Merchant Exchange opened. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1867:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 03 August | Stanley Baldwin / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 03 December | William John Bowser / Politician / Britain |
| 04 March | Jacob L. Beilhart / Activist / United States of America |
| 05 July | A. E. Douglass / Astronomer / United States of America |
| 07 November | Marie Curie / Chemist / Poland |
| 07 September | J. P. Morgan Jr. / Banker / United States of America |
| 07 September | Albert Bassermann / Actor / Switzerland |
| 08 September | Alexander Parvus / Activist / Germany |
| 11 June | Charles Fabry / Academic / France |
| 16 December | Amy Carmichael / Missionary / Ireland |
| 17 June | Flora Finch / Actress / United Kingdom |
| 18 December | Foxhall P. Keene / Polo Player / United States of America |
| 21 January | Maxime Weygand / General / Belgium |
| 21 September | Charles Bathurst / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 25 August | James W. Gerard / Lawyer / United States of America |
| 25 November | Talaat Harb / Economist / Egypt |
| 25 March | Arturo Toscanini / Conductor / United States of America |
| 26 September | Winsor McCay / Illustrator / United States of America |
| 28 July | Charles Dillon Perrine / Astronomer / United States of America |
| 28 September | James Edwin Campbell / Poet / United States of America |
Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1867:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 28 October | Sister Nivedita / Author / India |
| 29 April | Shankar Abaji Bhise / Scientist / India |
