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  2. 1872 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    August – Asa Whitney, merchant and promoter of the first transcontinental railroad (born 1791) August 11 – Lowell Mason, organist and composer (born 1792) September 18 – Augustus Seymour Porter, U.S. Senator from Michigan from 1840 to 1845 (born 1798) September 22 – Garrett Davis, U.S. Senator from Kentucky from 1861 to 1872 (born 1801)

  3. 1870s - Wikipedia

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    Racial and economic politics at the height of America's Reconstruction Era were bitter, pessimistic, and sometimes violent. The Gilded Age began in 1877, lasting until 1896. The First Spanish Republic rises and promptly ends (1873–1874). The first Ottoman Constitution is promulgated in 1876, starting the First Constitutional Era (1876–1878).

  4. 1872 - Wikipedia

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    1872 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1872nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 872nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 72nd year of the 19th century, and the 3rd year of the 1870s decade. As of the start of 1872, the ...

  5. Outline of the history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Timeline of pre–United States history; Timeline of the history of the United States (1760–1789) Timeline of the history of the United States (1790–1819) Timeline of the history of the United States (1820–1859) Timeline of the history of the United States (1860–1899) Timeline of the history of the United States (1900–1929)

  6. Territorial evolution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    too small to map: December 8, 1915 The United States expropriated from Panama a triangle of land, which included the historic Fort San Lorenzo, between the Rio Chagres, Caribbean Sea and the Panama Canal Zone, to which it was annexed. [365] January 17, 1916 Navassa Island was formally claimed for lighthouse purposes. [366] no change to map ...

  7. Timeline of New York City - Wikipedia

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    October 27: New York Mets won their second World Series title in franchise history, defeating the Boston Red Sox in 7 games. November 13: Wollman Rink reopens after being shut for 6 years due to the efforts of Donald Trump. November 19: 20-year-old Larry Davis opens fire on police officers attempting to arrest him in his sister's apartment in ...

  8. 1873 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    February 1 – Matthew Fontaine Maury, oceanographer (born 1806) March 4 – Alfred Iverson, Sr., U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1855 to 1861 (born 1798) March 10 – John Torrey, botanist (born 1796) March 27 – James Dixon, U.S. Senator from Connecticut from 1857 to 1869 (born 1814) March 31 – Hugh Maxwell, lawyer and politician (born 1787)

  9. History of the United States (1865–1917) - Wikipedia

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    Recent History Of The United States 1865–1929 (1929) online old survey by scholar; Tindall, George B., and David E. Shi. America: A Narrative History (8th ed. 2009), university textbook; White, Richard. The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States During Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896 (Oxford History of the United States ...