Birthdays

Williamson Simpson Oldham
Turns 54 on this date
Events
Battles/Soldiers | A strong U.S. naval landing on southern Taiwan to punish Paiwan aboriginals is driven off. | 06/19/1867 |
US/the World | Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico is executed by the victorious Liberal Government of Benito Juarez. | 06/19/1867 |
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 |
Crime/Disasters | In Philadelphia, the New American Theater is destroyed by fire, killing ten people. | 06/19/1867 |
Personal | Isaac Newton, the first commissioner of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, dies in office. | 06/19/1867 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The Fortieth Congress is in recess from its first session in Washington DC |
03/31/1867 to 07/02/1867 |