Today in History for December 1867

Months in 1867: January February March April May June July August September October November

Historical Events

Events 1 - 7 of 7

2nd - In a New York City theater, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
4th - Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).
19th - Victims of "Angola Horror" burned to death (Angola NY)
23rd - 1st self-made millionairess (Sarah Breedlove-hair straightner)
27th - Ontario & Quebec legislatures hold 1st meeting
28th - United States claims Midway Island, the first territory annexed outside Continental limits.
29th - 1st telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck & Co, NY

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 15 of 15

5th - Józef Piłsudski, Polish revolutionary and statesman (d. 1935)
5th - Antti Aarne, Finnish folklorist (d. February 2, 1925)
13th - Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian explorer and scientist (d. 1917)
16th - Amy Carmichael, missionary in Dohnavur, India (d. 1951)
18th - Antoon van Welie, Dutch painter
20th - Fini Valdemar Henriques, composer
21st - John Winter Thompson, composer
22nd - Frantisek X Salda, Czech writer/critic
22nd - Joseph [Maria] Olbrich, Silesia, German architect (Wiener Sezession)
22nd - [Karl Eduard] Wilhelm Groener, Germany. Soldier and politician
23rd - Madame C J Walker, Louisiana, cosmetic mogul (Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company), (d. 1919)
24th - Manuel de Oliveira Lima, Brazilian historian/diplomat
24th - Kantaro Suzuki, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948)
25th - Alfred Kerr, writer
30th - Simon Guggenheim, philanthropist (died aboard Titanic)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 5 of 5

6th - Giovanni Pacini, composer, dies at 71
6th - Jean Pierre Flourens, French physician (b. 1794)
7th - Rudolf Viole, composer, dies at 42
19th - Jean-Georges Kastner, composer, dies at 57
22nd - Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician (kinematics), dies at 79