January 25 » Shays's Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
June 20 » Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
September 17 » The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
September 28 » The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly-written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
December 7 » Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
Day of death July 31, 1873
The temperature on July 31, 1873 was about 18.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. Source: KNMI
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).
January 17 » A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, part of the Modoc War.
March 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
April 4 » The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
August 30 » Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
September 18 » The bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, contributing to the Panic of 1873.
November 22 » The French steamer SS Ville du Havre sinks in 12 minutes after colliding with the Scottish iron clipper Loch Earn in the Atlantic, with a loss of 226 lives.
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