What Happened In April 1867 - Historical Events 1867 April

Historical Events for April, 1867

1st » Singapore becomes a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland known as British crown colony.
9th » Alaska Purchase: Passing by a single vote, the United States Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska.

2nd » Eugen Sandow, German bodybuilder (d. 1925)
7th » Holger Pedersen (linguist) or Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist (d. 1953)
9th » Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1941)
9th » Charles Winckler, Danish tug of war competitor (d. 1932)
10th » George William Russell, Irish author, poet, and painter (d. 1935)
11th » Mark Keppel, American educator (d. 1928)
16th » Wilbur Wright, American pilot, engineer, and businessman, co-founded the Wright Company (d. 1912)
23rd » Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)