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).
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.
The sweeping machine (vacuum cleaner) was patented in Chicago, US, by Ives W. McGaffey.
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.
The world's largest golden nugget was discovered.
King George I established the Greek Presidential Guard as the royal escort.
The first traffic lights were installed in London.
French astronomer Pierre Janssen first recorded evidence of helium, a then-unknown element.
The Arica earthquake occurred in Peru and Ecuador.
The United States ratified the 14th Amendment to allow former slaves citizenship in the US.
Florida, one of the confederate states, was readmitted to the Union.
The Reno Gang robbed its fourth train.
The US Senate failed to impeach President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
The University of California was founded.
The world's favorite paper joiner, the stapler was patented by C. H. Gould in England.
Andrew Johnson became the first US President to be impeached.
Charles Dickens gave his first public reading.
The Manchester Martyrs of the IRA were hung in front of 10,000 people at Salford Gaol, Manchester, UK.
The US bought Alaska from the Russian Empire.
Barbed wire was patented by Lucien B Smith in Ohio, US.
Great Britain claimed The Straits Settlements as crown colonies: Singapore, Penang, and Malacca.
The United States bought Alaska from the Russian Empire.
Nebraska became the 37th state to join the United States of America.
The first yacht race across the Atlantic Ocean began.
French inventor Pierre Lallement was awarded his patent for a pedal bicycle.
President Andrew Johnson declared that the American civil war was over.
The world's first roller skating rink opened in Rhode Island.
Tennessee became the first Confederate state to be readmitted into the United States.
The Battle of Custoza took place during the Third Italian War of Independence.
The US Congress approved the 5 cent nickel.
Jesse James performed his first daylight armed robbery in the US.
American religious leader Mary Baker Eddy was allegedly cured of her spinal injury by reading The Bible.
Wesley College was established in Melbourne, Australia.
James H Mason patented the first US coffee percolator.
Several Confederate veterans formed the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tennessee.
Shaw University, the first historically Black university in the southern United States, was founded.
The United States issued gold certificates to battle counterfeit notes.
The first-ever western shootdown happened in Market Square, Springfield, Missouri, US.
Alpinists reached the summit of Matterhorn for the first time.
The United States Secret Service was formed.
The Salvation Army was founded in London by Methodist preacher William Booth and his wife, Catherine Booth.
