18th » United States Alaska Purchase called takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russian Empire e.g Russia for $7.2 million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
21st » Manifest Destiny: Medicine Lodge Treaty Near Medicine Lodge, Kansas known as Medicine Lodge, Kansas a landmark treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native Americans in the United States called Native American Plain
23rd » 72 Senators are summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the first members of the Canadian Senate.
Famous Birthdays on October in 1867
25th » Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki, Polish general (d. 1937)
28th » Sister Nivedita, Irish-Indian nurse, educator, and author (d. 1911)
Famous Deaths for October 1867
3rd » Elias Howe, American engineer, invented the sewing machine (b. 1819)
4th » Francis Xavier Seelos, German-American priest and missionary (b. 1819)