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1867 in History

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Historical Events in 1867

1867
Agenda of the Lausanne Congress
Karl Heinrich Marx · Germany · London

Drafts resolutions on the agenda for the International Workingmen's Association congress at Lausanne.

1867
Assassination of Komei
Komei · Japan

Death of Komei, dies of smallpox, killed by a handkerchief contaminated with a virus

1867
Assassination of Komei
Iwakura Tomomi · Japan

Kills Komei who dies of smallpox, caused by a handkerchief contaminated with a virus

1867
Capital Volume One
Karl Heinrich Marx · Germany · Hamburg

Marx publishes the first volume of Capital, analysing capitalist production and exploitation.

1867
Confederation
John Alexander Macdonald · Canada · Ottawa

Becomes first prime minister as Confederation creates the Dominion of Canada.

1867
Confederation
Charles Monck · Canada · Ottawa

Serves as governor general when Confederation begins.

1867
Constituent Reichstag Election
Otto Eduard Leopold Bismarck · Germany · Berlin

Bismarck oversees elections for the Reichstag charged with considering the northern federal constitution.

1867
Constitution
Otto Eduard Leopold Furst von Bismarck-Schonhausen · Germany

Prussia and the other north German states prepare the election of a North German Parliament. This konstituierender Reichstag is elected in February 1867 based on state laws

1867
Constitution of Germany
Wilhelm I · Germany · Berlin

Elections take place for the new Reichstag

1867
Dynamite Patented
Alfred Bernhard Nobel · Sweden · Stockholm

Patents dynamite by stabilizing nitroglycerin in an absorbent material.

1867
Election
Wilhelm I · Germany · Berlin

Elections take place for the new Reichstag

1867
Fenian Prisoners at Manchester
Karl Heinrich Marx · Germany · London

Drafts an International resolution concerning Fenian prisoners and events in Manchester.

1867
First Cabinet
George-Etienne Cartier · Canada · Ottawa

Serves in the first federal cabinet after Confederation.

1867
First Cabinet
Alexander Tilloch Galt · Canada · Ottawa

Serves as first finance minister after Confederation.

1867
First Election
John Alexander Macdonald · Canada · Ottawa

Wins the first federal election after Confederation.

1867
Franchise
William Ewart Gladstone · Great Britain · London

Attempts to remove personal rating from the Franchise Bill but defeated by Disraeli

1867
Home Secretary of Great Britain
Hardy · Great Britain

Appointed Home Secretary

1867
Independence of Great Britain
William Ewart Gladstone · Great Britain · Clerkenwell

The rescue of 2 Fenians in Clerkenwell gaol causes 12 deaths

1867
Independence of Great Britain
William Ewart Gladstone · Great Britain · Clerkenwell

Gladstone proclaims the need to address the Irish Proble

1867
Independence of Ireland
William Ewart Gladstone · Great Britain · Clerkenwell

The rescue of 2 Fenians in Clerkenwell gaol causes 12 deaths

1867
Independence of Ireland
William Ewart Gladstone · Great Britain · Clerkenwell

Gladstone proclaims the need to address the Irish Proble

1867
Khedive
Ismail Pasha · Egypt

Receives Ottoman recognition of the title Khedive in return for a higher annual tribute.

1867
League of Peace and Freedom Resolution
Karl Heinrich Marx · Germany · London

Drafts a resolution defining the International's attitude toward the League of Peace and Freedom.

1867
North German Confederation
Otto Eduard Leopold Furst von Bismarck-Schonhausen · Germany

Prussia and the other north German states prepare the election of a North German Parliament. This konstituierender Reichstag is elected in February 1867 based on state laws

1867
North German Confederation
Wilhelm Hohenzollern · Germany · Berlin

Wilhelm becomes federal president when the North German Confederation formally begins operating.

1867
North German Constitution
Otto Eduard Leopold Bismarck · Germany · Berlin

Bismarck accepts French mediation after Königgrätz while insisting upon Prussia's essential terms.

1867
President of Ecuador
Pedro Jose de Arteta · Ecuador · Quito

Appointed acting President of Ecuador

1867
President of Switzerland
Constant Fornerod · Switzerland · Bern

Begins a one-year term as President of the Swiss Confederation.

1867
Recognition as Khedive
Ismail Pasha · Egypt · Cairo

Receives formal Ottoman recognition of the title Khedive.

1867
Reform of Electoral System
William Ewart Gladstone · Great Britain · London

Attempts to remove personal rating from the Franchise Bill but defeated by Disraeli

1867
Reform of Parliament
Benjamin Disraeli · Great Britain · London

Cabinet opts for the Ten Minutes Bill which Disraeli announces in the Commons

1867
Resignation of the Shogun
Mutsuhito · Japan

The shogun resigns which leads the way to the restoration of the Emperor

1867
Safer Nitroglycerin Explosive
Alfred Bernhard Nobel · Sweden · Stockholm

Creates a more manageable explosive for construction, mining and engineering.

1867
Speech to the Polish Meeting in London
Karl Heinrich Marx · Germany · London

Addresses a London meeting supporting Poland and links national liberation with wider democratic struggle.

1867
Statehood of Nebraska
Andrew Johnson · United States of America · Nebraska

Nebraska becomes the 37th State of the Union

1867
Vice President
Iwakura Tomomi · Japan

Appointed Vice President of the State Council, Japans ruling body

Births in 1867

1867
Birth of Josef Klemens Pilsudski
Josef Klemens Pilsudski · Poland · Zublow

Birth of Josef Klemens Pilsudski, near Vilna into an impoverished noble family

1867
Birth of Karl Eduard Wilhelm Groener
Karl Eduard Wilhelm Groener · Germany

Birth of Karl Eduard Wilhelm Groener

1867
Birth of Luigi Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello · Italy · Girgenti

Birth of Luigi Pirandello

1867
Birth of Marie Sklodowska Curie
Marie Sklodowska Curie · Poland · Warsaw

Birth of Marie Sklodowska Curie in Warsaw.

1867
Birth of Maxime Weygand
Maxime Weygand · Belgium · Brusells

Birth of Maxime Weygand

1867
Birth of William Lashly
Wiliam Lashly · Great Britain · Hambledon

Birth of William Lashly

Deaths in 1867

1867
Death of Iwakura Tomomi
Iwakura Tomomi · Japan

Kills Komei who dies of smallpox, caused by a handkerchief contaminated with a virus

1867
Death of Komei
Komei · Japan

Death of Komei

1867
Death of Komei
Komei · Japan

Death of Komei

Battles in 1867

1867
Battle of Mentana
Guisseppe Garibaldi · Italy · Mentana

Despite personal leadership by Garibaldi himself, French and Papal troops defeat Garibaldians

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