WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 1867
Find out what all happened April to September 1867

Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode gold mine located in Montana. (15. June 1867)

Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the first dental school in the U.S. that is affiliated with a university. (17. July 1867)

Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario. (28. September 1867)

The United States takes control of Midway Island. (28. September 1867)

Luxembourg gains its independence. (11. May 1867)

The British North America Act of 1867 takes effect as the Constitution of Canada, creating the Canadian Confederation and the federal dominion of Canada; Sir John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of Canada. (1. July 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. (2. September 1867)

The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll. (28. August 1867)

Singapore becomes a British crown colony. (1. 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)

The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire. (29. May 1867)

Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro. (19. June 1867)