January 1 New York City annexes the Bronx January 13 Battle between jobless and police in New York City, 100s injuried January 13 U.S. troops land in Honolulu to protect the king January 14 I D Shadd elected Speaker of lower house of Miss legislature January 17 Armed Democrats seize Texas government ending Radical Reconstruction January 21 Franz Grillparzer's "Libussa," premieres in Vienna January 24 General J van Swieten conquerors Kraton Atjeh, after 1000's die January 24 Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov," premieres in St. Petersburg January 31 Jesse James gang robs train at Gads Hill, Missouri February 12 King David Kalakaua of Sandwich Is Hawaii, is 1st king to visit U.S. February 21 Benjamin Disraeli replaces William Gladstone as English premier February 21 Oakland Daily Tribune begins publication February 23 Major Walter Winfield patents game called "sphairistike" (lawn tennis) February 27 Baseball 1st played in England, at Lord's Cricket Grounds March 2 Baseball batter's box is officially adopted March 10 Purdue University (Indiana) admits it's 1st student March 21 U.S. Grant's daughter Nellie marries in the White House March 22 Young Men's Hebrew Association organizes in New York City April 5 "Die Fledermaus" 1st performed, in Vienna April 5 Johann Strauss Sr's opera "Die Fledermaus," premieres in Vienna April 15 New York legislature passes compulsory education law April 16 Dr. David Livingstones corpse arrives in Southampton April 19 Barracks on Alcatraz Island destroyed in fire April 27 White League, Paramilitary white supremacist organization, forms May 5 Dutch 2nd Chamber passes child labor law May 9 Victoria Embankment, in London opens May 12 U.S. Assay Office in Helena, Montana authorized May 13 Pope Pius IX encyclical "On Greek-Ruthenian rite" May 14 Harvard beats McGill University in football, 3 - 0, 1st admission charge at a football game May 16 1st recorded dam disaster in U.S. (Williamsburg Mass) May 20 Levi Strauss markets blue jeans with copper rivets, price $13.50 doz May 26 2nd Preakness: William Donohue aboard Culpepper wins in 2:56 May 29 Present constitution of Switzerland takes effect June 13 8th Belmont: G Barbee aboard Saxon wins in 2:39 June 20 1st U.S. Lifesaving Medal awarded (Lucian Clemons) June 22 Dr. Andrew T Sill, of Macon Missouri, finds science of osteopathy June 22 Game of lawn tennis introduced June 28 Freedmen's Bank closes July 1 1st Chamber accept law against child labor July 1 1st U.S. kidnapping for ransom, 4-year-old Charles Ross, $20,000 July 1 1st U.S. zoo opens in Philadelphia July 4 Social Democratic Workmen's Party of North America formed July 7 27th Postmaster General: James W. Marshall of New Jersey takes office July 12 Ontario Agricultural College founded July 12 Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure, "Gloria Scott" July 29 Major Walter Copton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court July 30 1st baseball teams to play outside U.S., Boston-Philadelphia in British Isles July 31 Patrick Francis Healy, SJ, inaugurated as President of Georgetown U August 11 Harry S. Parmelee patents sprinkler head September 1 28th Postmaster General: Marshall Jewell of Connecticut takes office September 1 Sydney General Post Office opens in Australia September 26 1st Grand International Rifle match held October 1 Rotterdam opens drink water pipes October 9 World Postal Union forms in Bern, Switzerland October 10 Fiji becomes a British possession October 15 Child labor law takes 12 year olds out of work force October 19 Mary Walsh and Charles Colson are 1st couple to be married in a balloon November 3 James Theodore Holly, elected bishop of Haiti November 4 Samuel J. Tilden elected governor of New York November 7 1st cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by T Nast November 17 Emigrant ship Cospatrick catches fire and sinks off Auckland, New Zealand November 18 National Woman's Christian Temperance Union organizes in Cleveland November 19 William Marcy "Boss" Tweed, of Tammany Hall in New York City convicted of defrauding city of $6M, sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment November 24 Joseph F. Glidden patents barbed wire December 8 Jesse James gang takes train at Muncie, Kansas December 15 1st reigning king to visit U.S. (of Hawaii) received by President Grant December 24 Pope Pius IX proclaims a jubilee for 1875
