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1.3 March

March - An Australian Catholic school, Star of the Sea College is founded in Elsternwick, Victoria (now known as Gardenstown ) by the Irish Presentation Sisters .

1.4 May

May 24 - Brooklyn Bridge is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
May 30 - In New York City, a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge was going to collapse causes a stampede which crushes twelve people.

1.5 July

July 22 – Zulu king Cetshwayo barely escapes rebel attack with his life.

1.6 August

August 12 - The last quagga dies at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam.
August 26 - 28 - Krakatau volcano eruption (local time)- 163 villages destroyed, 36380 dead.

1.7 September

September 15 - The Bombay Natural History Society is founded.
September 29 - A consortium of flour mill operators in Minneapolis, Minnesota form the Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie and Atlantic Railway as a means to get their product to the Great Lakes ports but avoid the high tariffs of Chicago, IL.

1.8 October

October 1 - Sydney Boys High School is founded in Sydney, Australia. It is the first boys public school in Australia.
October 15 - The Supreme Court of the United States declares part of the Civil Rights Act of 1875 to be unconstitutional since it allowed individuals and corporations to discriminate based on race.

1.9 November

November 3 - American Old West: Self-described " Black Bart the Po-8" gets away with his last stagecoach robbery, but leaves an incriminating clue that eventually leads to his capture.
November 18 - US and Canadian railroads institute four standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
November 28 - Whitman College is chartered as a four-year college in Walla Walla, Washington.

1.10 No date

Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch ( German. bacteriologist) discovers the cholera bacillus.
Antonio Gaudi begins to build Sagrada Familia cathedral.
Fabian Society founded.
Orient Express begins operation.

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