WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO APRIL 1867
Find out what all happened February to April 1867

Alaska Purchase: Passing by a single vote, the United States Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska. (9. April 1867)

Seventy years of Holy See-United States relations are ended by a Congressional ban on federal funding of diplomatic envoys to the Vatican and are not restored until January 10, 1984. (28. February 1867)

Singapore becomes a British crown colony. (1. April 1867)

Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes the Dominion of Canada on July 1. (29. March 1867)

The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act. (2. March 1867)

The first performance of Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Paris. (11. March 1867)

Work begins on the covering of the Zenne, burying Brussels's primary river and creating the modern central boulevards. (13. February 1867)

Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward. (30. March 1867)

Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital. (1. March 1867)