Editing 1872 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April]]
**Japan introduces their first modern paper currency (designed by Italian engraver [[Edoardo Chiossone]]) in the form of [[Meiji Tsuho]] notes. These are initially worth up to [[1 yen note|1 yen]] before higher denominations are printed/released in June and August.
* [[April 10]] &ndash; The first [[Arbor Day]] is celebrated in [[Nebraska]].
* [[May|May 4]]
** The magazine ''[[Popular Science]]'' is first published in the United States.
** [[Rangers F.C.]], founded in March as an [[Association football]] club in [[Glasgow]] (Scotland) by brothers [[Moses McNeil|Moses]] and [[Peter McNeil (footballer)|Peter McNeil]], [[Peter Campbell (Rangers footballer)|Peter Campbell]] and [[William McBeath]], play their first ever game on the public pitches of [[Glasgow Green]], a goalless draw against Callander.
* [[May 10]] &ndash; [[Victoria Woodhull]] becomes the first woman nominated for [[President of the United States]], although she is a year too young to qualify and does not appear on the ballot.
* [[May 14]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Mañaria]], near [[Bilbao]], Spain during the [[Third Carlist War]] (1872–1876)
* [[May 15]] &ndash; The [[New Zealand Wars]] end after 17 years, with the conclusion of [[Te Kooti's War]]; Maori spiritual leader [[Te Kooti]] Arikirangi Te Turuk crosses the Waikato River, and enters the territory of the Māori King [[Tāwhiao]], where he is granted asylum.
* [[May 22]]
** [[Reconstruction Era|Reconstruction]]: U.S. President [[Ulysses S. Grant]] signs the [[Amnesty Act]] of 1872 into law, restoring full [[civil rights]] to all but about 500 [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] sympathizers.
** [[Georges Bizet]]'s [[comic opera]] ''[[Djamileh]]'' is premièred at the [[Opéra-Comique]] in Paris, France.
* [[June 14]] &ndash; [[Trade union]]s are legalised in Canada.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/origins-of-labour-day-feature|encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]|title=Origins of Labour Day|access-date=June 6, 2014|archive-date=October 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028085442/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/article/origins-of-labour-day-feature/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[June 15]] &ndash; [[Thomas Hardy]] anonymously publishes his novel ''[[Under the Greenwood Tree]]'' in England.