March 2 » Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
March 4 » Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth state.
August 4 » The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
August 14 » Slaves from plantations in Saint-Domingue hold a Vodou ceremony led by houngan Dutty Boukman at Bois Caïman, marking the start of the Haitian Revolution.
September 30 » France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly
December 15 » The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.
Day of death April 17, 1872
The temperature on April 17, 1872 was about 5.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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).
March 1 » Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
March 5 » George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
July 18 » The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.
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