Deaths on September 25

Oliver Loving

Died on September 25, 1867

Oliver Loving, American rancher, co-developed the Goodnight-Loving Trail (b. 1812)

Oliver Loving (December 4, 1812 – September 25, 1867) was an American rancher and cattle driver. Together with Charles Goodnight, he developed the Goodnight-Loving Trail. He was mortally wounded by Native Americans while on a cattle drive.

Loving County, Texas, the second least-populous county in the United States and the least populated in the contiguous US, is named in his honor.

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Events on 1867

29 Mar

British North America Act
Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes the Dominion of Canada on July 1.
1 Apr

Crown colony
Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
15 May

Imperial Bank of Canada
Canadian Bank of Commerce opens for business in Toronto. The bank would later merge with Imperial Bank of Canada to become what is CIBC in 1961.
3 Nov

Battle of Mentana
Giuseppe Garibaldi and his followers are defeated in the Battle of Mentana and fail to end the Pope's Temporal power in Rome (it would be achieved three years later).
9 Nov

Meiji Restoration
Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.

Deaths on September 25

Oliver Loving

Died on September 25, 1867

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Events on 1867

British North America Act

Crown colony

Imperial Bank of Canada

Battle of Mentana

Meiji Restoration