May 1873

Thursday 01:

The 1873 Vienna World's Fair opens in Vienna.

Oscar II of Sweden-Norway is crowned King of Sweden.

Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a US patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.

The Canadian Parliament establishes the North West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

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