July 9 » The Act Against Slavery in Upper Canada bans the importation of slaves and will free those who are born into slavery after the passage of the Act at 25 years of age.
August 12 » The Rhône and Loire départments are created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire is split into two.
September 5 » French Revolution: The French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
September 18 » The first cornerstone of the United States Capitol is laid by George Washington.
November 16 » French Revolution: Ninety dissident Roman Catholic priests are executed by drowning at Nantes.
Day of death March 18, 1873
The temperature on March 18, 1873 was about 8.1 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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).
March 1 » E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
April 4 » The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
June 5 » Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.
June 18 » Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
August 4 » American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.
October 3 » Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.
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