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Type	Date Span	Title
Personal	Mon, December 23, 1867	Madam C.J. Walker, America's leading female entrepreneur of her time, is born to freed slaves in Louisiana.
Crime/Disasters	Sat, December 28, 1867	Alabama U.S. Attorney shoots down Alabama U.S. District Judge in the streets of Mobile.
Crime/Disasters	Sat, December 28, 1867	In southeast England, for the second time in nine months, a blast at a Kent gunpowder factory kills workers.
Business/Industry	Tue, December 31, 1867	United States cotton production continues to recover during 1867.
Personal	Wed, January 1, 1868	Mildred Conway, first daughter of Moncure Conway, is born in London, England
Science/Technology	Mon, January 20, 1868	In Italy, Mount Vesuvius commences an extended period of eruption and lava flows.
Crime/Disasters	Tue, January 28, 1868	Chicago, Illinois is struck with the worst fire in its history up to that point.
Crime/Disasters	Wed, January 29, 1868	In New York State, fire completely destroys the Albany Academy of Music.
Personal	Mon, March 16, 1868	David Wilmot dies in Towanda, Pennsylvania
Personal	Mon, June 1, 1868	James Buchanan dies in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Personal	Sun, August 16, 1868	Julia Jayne Trumbull dies in Washington, DC
Crime/Disasters	Thu, October 22, 1868	Sitting Arkansas U.S. Congressman James Hinds is murdered on the road in Monroe County, Arkansas
Crime/Disasters	Fri, December 11, 1868	Accident to a railroad bridge work crew near Northfield, Vermont kills fifteen railroad men.
Legal/Political	Thu, March 4, 1869	The 41st Congress of the United States opens in Washington, DC
Campaigns/Elections	Thu, March 4, 1869	Ulysses Grant takes the oath as the eighteenth President of the United States at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC
Legal/Political	Fri, March 5, 1869 - Fri, April 9, 1869	The 41st Congress of the United States is sitting in Washington, DC
Legal/Political	Wed, March 17, 1869 - Mon, September 10, 1877	Elihu Washburne serves as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to France
Personal	Thu, March 18, 1869	Nelson Davis and Harriet Tubman are married in Auburn, New York
Legal/Political	Sat, April 10, 1869	In Washington, DC, the 41st Congress of the United States ends its first session
Personal	Wed, May 12, 1869	Elihu Washburne arrives in Paris, France
Legal/Political	Mon, December 6, 1869	In Washington, DC, the 41st Congress of the United States opens its second session
Legal/Political	Tue, December 7, 1869 - Tue, December 21, 1869	The second session of the 41st Congress of the United States is meeting in Washington, DC
Legal/Political	Wed, December 22, 1869 - Sun, January 9, 1870	The second session of the 41st Congress of the United States is in its eighteen day holiday recess
Legal/Political	Mon, January 10, 1870	The second session of the 41st Congress of the United States returns from its holiday recess
Legal/Political	Tue, January 11, 1870 - Thu, July 14, 1870	The second session of the 41st Congress of the United States is sitting in Washington, DC
Personal	Fri, March 4, 1870	John McClintock dies in Madison, New Jersey
Legal/Political	Fri, July 15, 1870	The second session of the 41st Congress of the United States comes to an end in Washington, DC
Personal	Sun, September 25, 1870	Justice Robert Grier dies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Legal/Political	Mon, December 5, 1870	The third session of the 41st Congress of the United States opens in Washington, DC
Legal/Political	Tue, December 6, 1870 - Thu, December 22, 1870	The third session of the 41st Congress of the United States is sitting in Washington, DC