January 9 » Treaty of Jassy between Russian and Ottoman Empire is signed.
February 20 » The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
July 25 » The Brunswick Manifesto is issued to the population of Paris promising vengeance if the French royal family is harmed.
August 10 » French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace: Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.
August 16 » Maximilien de Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.
September 21 » French Revolution: The National Convention abolishes the monarchy.
Day of death August 3, 1872
The temperature on August 3, 1872 was about 13.6 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
February 20 » The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
July 18 » The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.
November 9 » The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
November 18 » Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.
November 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.
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