Birthdays
Benjamin Franklin Brooke
Turns 47 on this date
Isaac McIIvaine
Turns 68 on this date
William Edward Miller
Turns 31 on this date
John Hovey Rice
Turns 51 on this date
Abram Joseph Ryan
Turns 29 on this date
William Holland Thomas
Turns 62 on this date
Events
| US/the World | French commander Marshal Bazaine leads French troops out of Mexico City for evacuation from Vera Cruz. | 02/05/1867 |
| Crime/Disasters | The breaking up of the ice dams on the Potomac carries away Washington, D.C.'s Long Bridge. | 02/05/1867 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The Habeas Corpus Act of 1867 is passed radically adjusting the relationship between state and federal courts. | 02/05/1867 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 39th Congress is sitting in Washington DC from early January to early March. |
01/04/1867 to 03/02/1867 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | With great ceremony, Queen Victoria opens the new session of the British Parliament in London. | 02/05/1867 |