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Type	Date Span	Title
Campaigns/Elections	Mon, August 5, 1867	In Kentucky state elections, Democrats easily maintain their hold on the governorship.
Lawmaking/Litigating	Tue, August 6, 1867	The Indian Peace Commission, newly appointed to negotiate with hostile Plains Indian tribes, organizes in St. Louis, Missouri.
Education/Culture	Wed, August 7, 1867 - Fri, August 9, 1867	In New York, the summer horse racing meeting at Saratoga is under way.
Crime/Disasters	Fri, August 9, 1867	In County Wicklow, Ireland, a passenger train crashes into a ravine, killing two passengers.
Personal	Sat, August 10, 1867	George W.L. Bickley, notorious Copperhead and founder of the the Knights of the Golden Circle, dies in Baltimore.
Personal	Wed, August 14, 1867	Future British Nobel Prize for Literature laureate John Galsworthy is born in southern England.
Personal	Thu, August 15, 1867	Pierce Butler, former husband of Fanny Kemble, dies at his home in Philadelphia.
Lawmaking/Litigating	Sat, August 17, 1867	President Johnson relieves Fifth District military governor General Phil Sheridan of his duties.
Lawmaking/Litigating	Sat, August 17, 1867	The Maryland constitutional convention completes its work on a new ruling document for Maryland.
Crime/Disasters	Sat, August 17, 1867	Second District commander David Sickles confirms the convictions in the Phillis Ruffin beating case.
Religion/Philosophy	Sun, August 18, 1867	In Holland, Britain's Evangelical Alliance opens its fifth annual conference in Amsterdam.
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, August 19, 1867	The Indian Peace Commission meets with Sioux tribal leaders near Fort Thompson in South Dakota.
Crime/Disasters	Mon, August 19, 1867	The miniature schooner "John T. Ford," bound for the Paris Exhibition, capsizes off the Irish coast.
Science/Technology	Wed, August 21, 1867	In the Alps, the revolutionary mountain railway crossing Mont Cenis Pass has its first trial run.
Science/Technology	Wed, August 21, 1867	The mayor of Key West and the Cuban captain-general exchange messages on the new United States to Cuba undersea telegraph.
Crime/Disasters	Fri, August 23, 1867	The sole survivor of the miniature schooner "John T. Ford" is rescued off the Irish coast.
Personal	Sun, August 25, 1867	British scientist Michael Faraday, inventor of the electric generator, dies at his home near London.
Religion/Philosophy	Tue, August 27, 1867	In Holland, Britain's Evangelical Alliance wraps up its fifth annual conference in Amsterdam.
Campaigns/Elections	Wed, September 4, 1867	In the California elections, Democrats easily gain the governor's mansion from the Republicans with Henry Huntly Haight
Business/Industry	Sun, September 8, 1867	The submarine cable between Punta Rassa and Key West completes the Washington to Havana telegraph line.
Campaigns/Elections	Sun, September 8, 1867	In Kentucky, newly elected governor John L. Helm dies at his home after just five days in office.
Education/Culture	Mon, September 9, 1867	At Newburgh on the Hudson River, a high-stakes sculling contest ends in controversy.
Campaigns/Elections	Mon, September 9, 1867	Hero of Little Round Top Joshua Chamberlain wins his second term as governor of the state of Maine.
Crime/Disasters	Mon, September 9, 1867	A massive boiler explosion at a saw-mill kills several New Yorkers.
Education/Culture	Mon, September 9, 1867	In a rematch at Newburgh, New York, James Hamill wins back the American Single Sculls title from Walter Brown.
Education/Culture	Wed, September 11, 1867	At Springfield in Massachusetts, an international rowing match sees the hosts beat a Canadian crew.
Personal	Sun, September 15, 1867	The controversial Texas military governor Major General Charles Griffin dies of yellow fever in Galveston.
Battles/Soldiers	Tue, September 17, 1867	In Maryland, the Antietam National Cemetery is officially dedicated on the battle's fifth anniversary.
Crime/Disasters	Wed, September 18, 1867	In Manchester, England, armed Irish Nationalists free two of their leaders from police custody killing a sergeant.
Campaigns/Elections	Wed, September 18, 1867	The newly formulated Maryland Constitution of 1867 receives an overwhelming endorsement in a popular vote.