The air brake is patented.
The Yellowstone National Park Protection Act went into law, making it the first National Park in the world.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened for the first time in New York City.
Inventor Moses F Gale patented the cigar lighter in the US.
The three-day Great Chicago Fire was finally extinguished after destroying 3.3 square miles.
Great Chicago Fire begins.
Wisconsin was struck by the deadliest wildfire in US history.
The Colony of British Columbia joined the Canadian Confederation.
Jesse James, his brother Frank and their gang stormed into Obocock Bank, Corydon, Iowa.
Queen Victoria opened the Royal Albert Hall in London.
England and Scotland compete in the first international rugby match.
San Francisco's skies went dark after millions of birds flew across the city's western side.
President Ulysses S. Grant founded the US Weather Bureau.
The United States Weather Bureau made its first comprehensive weather forecast.
A Woman casts her Vote in the US for the first time.
Napoleon III ousted as Emperor of France
The Transcontinental Railroad linking up the East and West halves of the US was completed in Colorado.
The Tower Subway in London became the first underground tube railway to open.
Franco-Prussian War starts.
The first Vatican Council, also known as Vatican I, decrees the doctrine of Papal infallibility.
The US Federal Trademark Act began, which allowed authorization of Trademarks.
The United States Department of Justice was formed.
Congress passed the Enforcement Act.
Canada no longer accepted US silver coins as legal tender in the country.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City was founded.
The US adopted the 15th Amendment, guaranteeing citizens the right to vote.
The Lake Merritt Wild Duck Refuge became the first US wildlife sanctuary.
Utah became the second state to grant women the right to vote.
President Ulysses S. authorized the establishment of the United States National Weather Service (NWS).
The first motion picture was shown to a theater audience at the Philadelphia Academy of Music.
US cavalrymen massacred 200 Piegan Blackfeet in the Marias Massacre.
John D. Rockefeller created Standard Oil Company in Cleveland, Ohio.
Workers began construction on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.
The Republic of Ezo, a separatist Japanese state, was established on the island of Ezo, Japan.
Construction on Suez Canal finished.
The first city to city cycle race was held between Paris and Rouen.
The United States experienced a financial panic known as "Black Friday."
Richard Wagner's opera Das Rheingold or The Rhine Gold is heard for the first time.
The Waffle Iron is Patented in the United States.
The sweeping machine (vacuum cleaner) was patented in Chicago, US, by Ives W. McGaffey.
The Golden Spike was driven.
The Cincinnati Red Stockings played their first game, winning with 45-9 against the Great Westerns of Cincinnati.
George Westinghouse Jr. patented steam power brake devices in the US.
The Hudson Bay Company gave up its territory to the Commonwealth of Canada.
The existence of the giant panda became known to the Western world after French Armand David received a giant panda's skin from a hunter.
Dmitri Mendeleev presented the first periodic table.
The world's largest golden nugget was discovered.
Feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton became the first woman to testify before Congress.
King George I established the Greek Presidential Guard as the royal escort.
The first traffic lights were installed in London.
