Birthdays
Cyrus Kurtz Holliday
Turns 41 on this date
John Henry Kauffman
Turns 41 on this date
John Gill Shorter
Turns 49 on this date
William Magear Tweed
Turns 44 on this date
Charles Wilkes
Turns 69 on this date
Events
| Science/Technology | A Massachusetts shipyard launches the S.S. Erie, the largest wooden screw steamship ever built. | 04/03/1867 |
| Personal | George W. Randolph, former Confederate Secretary of War and youngest grandson of Thomas Jefferson, dies at his Virginia home of tuberculosis. | 04/03/1867 |
| Education/Culture | In France, the Paris Industrial Exhibition is open with items from forty-two countries on show. |
04/02/1867 to 11/02/1867 |
| 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 |