1872

1872 — China: Mudan incident / Japan: 1872 Hamada earthquake / United States: Yellowstone National Park created

15 events. The text is the source chronology verbatim; the terms are in Sources & licenses. The grey lines above and below are the surrounding 2 years.

KoreaJoseon 1392–1897	ChinaQing dynasty 1636–1912	JapanMeiji era 1868–1912	United StatesUnited States 1776–
No events recorded for this year 1871Battle of Ganghwa 1871신미양요 일어남, 전국에 척화비 건립 1873최익현의 계유상소, 흥선대원군 하야 1873The palace Gyeongbokgung is reconstructed after having been abandoned since the Imjin War.	July — Mudan incident: The survivors of the Ryukyuan shipwreck who survive a massacre by Taiwanese indigenous peoples find shelter among Han Chinese locals and are shipped home from mainland China 太平天國最後一支軍隊覆滅。ZH 1870June — Tianjin massacre: A riot took place in Tianjin in which some sixty people, including foreigners and Chinese Christians, were killed. 1870Battle of Ürümqi 1871December — Mudan incident: A Ryukyuan tributary ship crashes off the southern coast of Taiwan 1871Li Hongzhang was appointed Viceroy of Zhili. 1873Panthay Rebellion 1874甲戌风灾横过珠江口，先后吹袭香港及澳门，远至广州亦受灾害，香山县的死亡人数超过20,000人。 1874Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1874): Japanese forces invade aboriginal territory in southern Taiwan using the Mudan incident as pretext and retreat after forcing the Qing to pay an indemnity	1872 Hamada earthquake 1871Abolition of Han system, being replaced by a system of Japanese prefectures. 1873Land Tax Reform (Japan 1873) 1873Seikanron: Japanese government debated and rejected the idea of the invasion of Korea. 1874May to 3 December — Mudan incident in Greater China. 1874February to 9 April — Saga Rebellion	Yellowstone National Park created Modoc War U.S. presidential election, 1872: Ulysses S. Grant reelected president; Henry Wilson elected vice president 1872 Owens Valley earthquake Crédit Mobilier scandal Alabama Claims 1872 North Cascades earthquake Battle of Lost River Battle of Salt River Canyon Battle of the North Fork of the Red River Victoria Claflin Woodhull, first woman presidential candidate, enters presidential race. Amnesty Act 1870도금 시대 1870Virginia, Mississippi, Texas, and Georgia are readmitted to the union 1870Marias Massacre 1870First graduate programs (at Yale and Harvard) 187015th Amendment 1870Black Codes 1871Treaty of Washington with the British Empire regarding Canada 1871Great Chicago Fire 1871The New York Times published evidence of Tweed's rampant greed. 1871Treaty of Washington 1871Los Angeles Chinese massacre of 1871 1871Ku Klux Klan Act 1871Camp Grant massacre 1871Battle of Blanco Canyon 1871Warren Wagon Train raid 1871Civil Service Reform Act passes 1873Panic of 1873 1873Virginius Affair 1873Massacre Canyon 1873One of the first schools of nursing opens at Bellevue Hospital in New York 1873March 4, 1873 – President Grant begins second term; Wilson becomes the 18th vice president 1874National Woman's Christian Temperance Union formed in Cleveland 1874Coushatta massacre 1874Second Battle of Adobe Walls 1874Election Massacre of 1874 1874Battle of Liberty Place 1874Battle of Palo Duro Canyon 1874Red River Indian War

KoreaJoseon 1392–1897

ChinaQing dynasty 1636–1912

JapanMeiji era 1868–1912

United StatesUnited States 1776–

No events recorded for this year

1871Battle of Ganghwa
1871신미양요 일어남, 전국에 척화비 건립
1873최익현의 계유상소, 흥선대원군 하야
1873The palace Gyeongbokgung is reconstructed after having been abandoned since the Imjin War.

July — Mudan incident: The survivors of the Ryukyuan shipwreck who survive a massacre by Taiwanese indigenous peoples find shelter among Han Chinese locals and are shipped home from mainland China
太平天國最後一支軍隊覆滅。ZH

1870June — Tianjin massacre: A riot took place in Tianjin in which some sixty people, including foreigners and Chinese Christians, were killed.
1870Battle of Ürümqi
1871December — Mudan incident: A Ryukyuan tributary ship crashes off the southern coast of Taiwan
1871Li Hongzhang was appointed Viceroy of Zhili.
1873Panthay Rebellion
1874甲戌风灾横过珠江口，先后吹袭香港及澳门，远至广州亦受灾害，香山县的死亡人数超过20,000人。
1874Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1874): Japanese forces invade aboriginal territory in southern Taiwan using the Mudan incident as pretext and retreat after forcing the Qing to pay an indemnity

1872 Hamada earthquake

1871Abolition of Han system, being replaced by a system of Japanese prefectures.
1873Land Tax Reform (Japan 1873)
1873Seikanron: Japanese government debated and rejected the idea of the invasion of Korea.
1874May to 3 December — Mudan incident in Greater China.
1874February to 9 April — Saga Rebellion

Yellowstone National Park created
Modoc War
U.S. presidential election, 1872: Ulysses S. Grant reelected president; Henry Wilson elected vice president
1872 Owens Valley earthquake
Crédit Mobilier scandal
Alabama Claims
1872 North Cascades earthquake
Battle of Lost River
Battle of Salt River Canyon
Battle of the North Fork of the Red River
Victoria Claflin Woodhull, first woman presidential candidate, enters presidential race.
Amnesty Act

1870도금 시대
1870Virginia, Mississippi, Texas, and Georgia are readmitted to the union
1870Marias Massacre
1870First graduate programs (at Yale and Harvard)
187015th Amendment
1870Black Codes
1871Treaty of Washington with the British Empire regarding Canada
1871Great Chicago Fire
1871The New York Times published evidence of Tweed's rampant greed.
1871Treaty of Washington
1871Los Angeles Chinese massacre of 1871
1871Ku Klux Klan Act
1871Camp Grant massacre
1871Battle of Blanco Canyon
1871Warren Wagon Train raid
1871Civil Service Reform Act passes
1873Panic of 1873
1873Virginius Affair
1873Massacre Canyon
1873One of the first schools of nursing opens at Bellevue Hospital in New York
1873March 4, 1873 – President Grant begins second term; Wilson becomes the 18th vice president
1874National Woman's Christian Temperance Union formed in Cleveland
1874Coushatta massacre
1874Second Battle of Adobe Walls
1874Election Massacre of 1874
1874Battle of Liberty Place
1874Battle of Palo Duro Canyon
1874Red River Indian War