Callander. Nippon Express, as predecessor name was Nippon Domestic Express, a global freight and logistics service, founded in Japan. May 4 – Third Carlist War in Spain – Battle of Oroquieta in Navarre: 1,000 government troops easily defeat the much larger number of Carlists at Oroquieta. 50 Carlists are killed, and 700 Carlists were taken prisoners, but Don Carlos escapes. May 10 – 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 – The Battle of Mañaria, near Bilbao, Spain during the Third Carlist War (1872–1876) May 15 – 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: U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act of 1872 into law, restoring full civil rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers. Georges Bizet's comic opera Djamileh is premièred at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, France. June 14 – Trade unions are legalised in Canada. July–September July 1 – Thomas François Burgers becomes State President of the South African Republic. July 4 The Society of Jesus is pronounced illegal in the German Empire. Tsukuba University is founded in Japan, as a teacher training college. July 15 – Hochi Mail News, later Hochi Daily News, starting in 1894. A first issue Japanese language newspaper published in Tokyo, although this newspaper changes to sports newspaper from a general newspaper in December 1949. July 18 – Mexican President Benito Juarez dies of a heart attack, and Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada becomes interim president. July 19 – Explorer William Gosse reached Uluru in central Australia and named it Ayers Rock. August 22 – The Australian Overland Telegraph Line is completed, providing a telegraphic link between Australia and the rest of the world for the first time. September – Thomas Hardy anonymously publishes his novel Under the Greenwood Tree. September 1 – A group of Icaiche Maya under Marcos Canul attack the British garrison at Orange Walk Town in British Honduras. September 17 – Shiseido Pharmacy Shop, as predecessor of Shiseido, a major worldwide cosmetics brand, founded in Ginza, Tokyo, Japan. September 18 – Upon the death of King