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Type	Date Span	Title
Education/Culture	Tue, January 22, 1867	Actor Edwin Booth's celebrated New York City run in the role of Hamlet is commemorated.
Science/Technology	Wed, January 23, 1867	In New York City, mid-winter cold produces an ice bridge in the East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Crime/Disasters	Thu, January 24, 1867	In England, unemployed shipyard workers loot bakeries and food shops on south-east London's riverside.
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, January 28, 1867	In Washington D.C., President Johnson vetoes the Colorado Statehood Bill
Personal	Tue, January 29, 1867	Philip Johnson, sitting Pennsylvania Democratic congressman dies suddenly in Washington, D.C.
US/the World	Thu, January 31, 1867	Emperor Komei dies in Japan
Education/Culture	Sun, February 3, 1867	The famous four lions at the base of Nelson's Column are lifted into place on London's Trafalgar Square.
Lawmaking/Litigating	Sun, February 3, 1867	Thaddeus Stevens introduces the First Reconstruction Bill of 1867 in the House of Representatives.
Lawmaking/Litigating	Tue, February 5, 1867	With great ceremony, Queen Victoria opens the new session of the British Parliament in London.
Lawmaking/Litigating	Tue, February 5, 1867	The Habeas Corpus Act of 1867 is passed radically adjusting the relationship between state and federal courts.
Crime/Disasters	Tue, February 5, 1867	The breaking up of the ice dams on the Potomac carries away Washington, D.C.'s Long Bridge.
US/the World	Tue, February 5, 1867	French commander Marshal Bazaine leads French troops out of Mexico City for evacuation from Vera Cruz.
Personal	Thu, February 7, 1867	The celebrated children's writer Laura Ingalls Wilder is born in Pepin County, Wisconsin.
US/the World	Mon, February 11, 1867	In England, 20,000 people march in London in support of electoral reform.
Lawmaking/Litigating	Wed, February 13, 1867	In Washington, DC, the House of Representatives passes the Reconstruction Bill of 1867.
Crime/Disasters	Thu, February 14, 1867	In North Carolina, a white, male mob viciously beats a young African-American woman named Phillis Ruffin.
Education/Culture	Thu, February 14, 1867	Saint Valentine's Day
Lawmaking/Litigating	Sat, February 16, 1867	In Washington, DC, the U.S. Senate passes an amended Reconstruction Bill of 1867.
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, February 18, 1867	The compromise "Tenure of Office Act" passes the U.S. Senate by a vote of twenty-two to ten.
Lawmaking/Litigating	Tue, February 19, 1867	The compromise "Tenure of Office Act" passes the House of Representatives by a vote of 112 to 41.
Crime/Disasters	Tue, February 19, 1867	Accused Lincoln conspirator is returned to the United States under arrest for murder.
Lawmaking/Litigating	Wed, February 20, 1867	In Washington, DC, the House agrees Senate changes to the Reconstruction Bill and the measure goes to President Johnson for signature.
Crime/Disasters	Wed, February 20, 1867	In a Philadelphia courtroom, the father of a young sexual assault victim shoots her accused attacker dead.
Lawmaking/Litigating	Sat, February 23, 1867	At the White House, President Johnson meets with a delegation representing Sioux tribes.
Crime/Disasters	Tue, February 26, 1867	In northern England, a railway collision touches off four tons of gunpowder with fatal results.
Lawmaking/Litigating	Fri, March 1, 1867	The U.S. Senate fails to override President Johnson's veto of the Colorado Statehood Bill.
Lawmaking/Litigating	Sat, March 2, 1867	The 39th Congress restricts the ability of the White House to dismiss the commanding general of the army.
Lawmaking/Litigating	Sat, March 2, 1867	President Johnson rejects the "Tenure of Office Bill" and the Congress over-rides his veto before the day is out.
Lawmaking/Litigating	Sat, March 2, 1867	President Johnson rejects the amended Reconstruction Act and Congress easily over-rides his veto on the same day.
Crime/Disasters	Sun, March 3, 1867	The New York steamship burns off Cape Hatteras and eleven aboard are killed.