1873

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1872 1873 1874

Events

• Three Emperors League or Dreikaiserbund between Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary.
• Russian Empire annexes Khiva.
• 1873: Japanese samurai forbidden to wear swords in public by the Meiji Restoration government.
• 1873: Timber Culture Act transfers more public land in the U.S. once owned by Native Americans to private interests.

Timeline

• June 16: President Ulysses S. Grant issues executive order withdrawing the Wallowa Valley from white settlement. Later when gold is discovered the Federal government decides to remove the Nez Perces from the Wallowa to the Lapwai Reservation.
• July 1: Prince Edward Island joins Canada.
• September 23: 250 Nez Perce warriors and 650 women and children ford the Missouri River at Cow Island Landing to escape the U.S. Army.
• September 30: Some Nez Perces escape into Canada and are accepted into Sitting Bull's camp.
• December 21: German Socialists bring togetehr 5000 workers in the Vorwarts Turner Hall in the West Side of Chicago to demand aid for the unemployed and food for hungry families.
• December 22: 20,000 workers organize under a commitee of 8 leaders to march on downtown Chicago.