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Historical Events in January 1867

Vote to Washington African Americans

Jan 8 African American men granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C. despite President Andrew Johnson's veto

  • Jan 11 Benito Juárez becomes Mexican president again
  • Jan 12 Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy's play "Smert Ioanna Groznogo" (The Death of Ivan the Terrible) premieres in St Petersburg
  • Jan 31 Maronite nationalist leader Youssef Karam leaves Lebanon on board of a French ship for Algeria