Japan introduces their first modern paper currency (designed by Italian engraver
Edoardo Chiossone) in the form of
Meiji Tsuho notes. These are initially worth up to
1 yen before higher denominations are printed/released in June and August.
April 21 – The
Third Carlist War begins in northern Spain. Don
Carlos, Duke of Madrid (the Carlist pretender Carlos VII) appoints General Rada commander-in-chief in Spain, and calls for a general rising.
May 4 –
Third Carlist War in Spain –
Battle of Oroquieta in
Navarre: 1,000 government troops easily defeat the much larger number of Carlists at Oroquieta. 50 Carlists are killed, and 700 Carlists were taken prisoners, but Don Carlos escapes.
May 15 – The
New Zealand Wars end after 17 years, with the conclusion of
Te Kooti's War; Maori spiritual leader
Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuk crosses the Waikato River, and enters the territory of the Māori King
Tāwhiao, where he is granted asylum.
The Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College begins its first academic session (the university is later renamed
Virginia Tech).
The first case is reported in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, of the Great Epizootic of 1872 (
equine influenza, or the "horse flu") which will substantially disrupt life in North America by mid-December.
Women's suffrage: In defiance of the law, American suffragist
Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time (on
November 18 she is served an arrest warrant, and in the subsequent trial is fined $100, which she never pays).
November 9 –
Great Boston Fire of 1872: In
Boston,
Massachusetts, a large fire begins to burn on Lincoln Street (the 2-day disaster destroys about 65 acres (0.26 km2) of the city, 776 buildings, much of the financial district and causes US$60 million in damage).
^Olson, Donald W. (2014). "Dating Impression, Sunrise". Monet's Impression, Sunrise: the biography of a painting. Paris: Éditions Hazan; Musée Marmottan Monet. pp. 80–105.
ISBN978-0-300-21088-0.
^Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England:
David & Charles.
ISBN978-0-7153-5382-0.
^Report for year ending 31 December 1909, Cape Government Railways, Section VIII - Dates of Opening and the Length of the different Sections in the Cape Colony, from the Year 1873 to 31st December, 1909.
"American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1872". American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year. 12. New York:
D. Appleton and Co.: 14 v. 1873.
hdl:
2027/umn.31951d00546906q. +
via Google Books
Japan introduces their first modern paper currency (designed by Italian engraver
Edoardo Chiossone) in the form of
Meiji Tsuho notes. These are initially worth up to
1 yen before higher denominations are printed/released in June and August.
April 21 – The
Third Carlist War begins in northern Spain. Don
Carlos, Duke of Madrid (the Carlist pretender Carlos VII) appoints General Rada commander-in-chief in Spain, and calls for a general rising.
May 4 –
Third Carlist War in Spain –
Battle of Oroquieta in
Navarre: 1,000 government troops easily defeat the much larger number of Carlists at Oroquieta. 50 Carlists are killed, and 700 Carlists were taken prisoners, but Don Carlos escapes.
May 15 – The
New Zealand Wars end after 17 years, with the conclusion of
Te Kooti's War; Maori spiritual leader
Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuk crosses the Waikato River, and enters the territory of the Māori King
Tāwhiao, where he is granted asylum.
The Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College begins its first academic session (the university is later renamed
Virginia Tech).
The first case is reported in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, of the Great Epizootic of 1872 (
equine influenza, or the "horse flu") which will substantially disrupt life in North America by mid-December.
Women's suffrage: In defiance of the law, American suffragist
Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time (on
November 18 she is served an arrest warrant, and in the subsequent trial is fined $100, which she never pays).
November 9 –
Great Boston Fire of 1872: In
Boston,
Massachusetts, a large fire begins to burn on Lincoln Street (the 2-day disaster destroys about 65 acres (0.26 km2) of the city, 776 buildings, much of the financial district and causes US$60 million in damage).
^Olson, Donald W. (2014). "Dating Impression, Sunrise". Monet's Impression, Sunrise: the biography of a painting. Paris: Éditions Hazan; Musée Marmottan Monet. pp. 80–105.
ISBN978-0-300-21088-0.
^Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England:
David & Charles.
ISBN978-0-7153-5382-0.
^Report for year ending 31 December 1909, Cape Government Railways, Section VIII - Dates of Opening and the Length of the different Sections in the Cape Colony, from the Year 1873 to 31st December, 1909.
"American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1872". American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year. 12. New York:
D. Appleton and Co.: 14 v. 1873.
hdl:
2027/umn.31951d00546906q. +
via Google Books