The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened for the first time in New York City.
The three-day Great Chicago Fire was finally extinguished after destroying 3.3 square miles.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
