What Happened In December 1867 - Historical Events 1867 December

Historical Events for December, 1867

2nd » At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
4th » Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry called the Grange).
13th » A Fenian bomb explodes in Clerkenwell, London called London, England, killing six.
18th » The Angola Horror train wreck occurred.
28th » United States claims Midway Atoll, the first territory annexed outside Continental limits.

3rd » William John Bowser, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th List of premiers of British Columbia known as Premier of British Columbia (d. 1933)
5th » Antti Aarne, Finnish author (d. 1925)
5th » Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th List of Prime Ministers of Poland named Prime Minister of Poland (d. 1935)
9th » Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek journalist and author (d. 1951)
11th » Antonio Conte (fencer) e.g Antonio Conte, Italian fencer (d. 1953)
13th » Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and author (d. 1917)
16th » Amy Carmichael, Irish-Indian missionary (d. 1951)
18th » Foxhall P. Keene, American polo player and horse breeder (d. 1941)
23rd » Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company (d. 1919)
26th » Phan Bội Châu, Vietnamese activist (d. 1940)