Birthdays
Henry Bowen Anthony
Turns 52 on this date
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Turns 44 on this date
John Egbert Farnum
Turns 43 on this date
Jeremiah Haralson
Turns 21 on this date
James Wilson Troxell
Turns 36 on this date
James Williams
Turns 42 on this date
Richard Wootton
Turns 32 on this date
Theodore George Wormley
Turns 41 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | A steamboat burns to the waterline on the Mississippi but all aboard have a lucky escape. | 04/01/1867 |
| Campaigns/Elections | Democrat James English defeats the sitting Republican governor in the Connecticut elections. | 04/01/1867 |
| Education/Culture | In France, the Paris Industrial Exhibition opens with items from forty-two countries on show. | 04/01/1867 |
| Crime/Disasters | In southeast England, an explosion in a gunpowder factory kills four workers. | 04/01/1867 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The Fortieth Congress is in recess from its first session in Washington DC |
03/31/1867 to 07/02/1867 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The United States Senate is sitting in special session in Washington DC |
04/01/1867 to 04/20/1867 |