- Queen Victoria celebrates her Golden Jubilee, marking her 50th year on the throne, with a banquet to which 50 kings and princes are invited. These might have included her son-in-law, the German Emperor Frederick, her son who would become Edward VII of her United Kingdom, and another son-in-law, Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse. These three would give her historic grandchildren of World War I: Wilhelm II of Germany, George V of England, and the Empress Alexandra of Russia who would be murdered with her husband, Nicholas II and their children.
- The "Bayonet Constitution" disenfranchises most native Hawaiians, all Asians and the poor.
- The Yellow River Flood begins in China, killing 900,000 to 2 million Chinese peasants.
- The Rock Mountains Park Act creates Canada's first national park, Banff.
- The U. S. allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
- Anne Sullivan begins teaching deaf and blind Helen Keller.
- In London: The first Sherlock Holmes mystery, A Study in Scarlet, is published in London. Buffalo Bill's Wild West show opens in that city.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Salem in 1887
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