Timeline June 1867

Events in June 1867 4

• 1832 – 1867 Maximilian I of Mexico (1832-1867) Executed 19 June 1867, aged 34 An Austrian archduke installed as Emperor of Mexico with French backing, Maximilian was captured after Napoleon III withdrew his troops and Mexican republican forces under Benito Juarez retook the country. He was tried by court-martial and executed by firing squad at Queretaro. His death ended the French intervention in Mexico and became the subject of Edouard Manet's famous painting.
• 1867 – 1951 Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Marshal of Finland The military leader and statesman who led Finland through the Civil War and World War II. Widely considered the greatest Finn.
• 1867 Austro-Hungarian Compromise The Ausgleich The agreement that re-established the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Hungary, creating the Dual Monarchy.
• 1867 Austro-Hungarian Compromise creates dual monarchy Austria and Hungary unite under Franz Joseph The Ausgleich transformed the Austrian Empire into the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary, granting Hungary its own parliament and administration while sharing a monarch, foreign policy, and military with Austria. Franz Joseph I was crowned King of Hungary in Budapest on June 8. The arrangement lasted until the empire's collapse in 1918.