Charles XV of Sweden and Norway, he is succeeded as King of both crowns by his brother Oscar II. September 26 – The first Shriners Temple (called Mecca) is established in New York City. October–December October 1 The Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College begins its first academic session (the university is later renamed Virginia Tech). The first case is reported in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, of the Great Epizootic of 1872 (equine influenza, or the "horse flu") which will substantially disrupt life in North America by mid-December. October 16 – University College Wales (later to become Aberystwyth University) begins its first academic session. November 5 1872 United States presidential election: Ulysses S. Grant defeats Horace Greeley. Women's suffrage: In defiance of the law, American suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time (on November 18 she is served an arrest warrant, and in the subsequent trial is fined $100, which she never pays). November 7 – The Mary Celeste sets sail from New York; bound for Genoa, Italy. November 9 – Great Boston Fire of 1872: In Boston, Massachusetts, a large fire begins to burn on Lincoln Street (the 2-day disaster destroys about of the city, 776 buildings, much of the financial district and causes US$60 million in damage). November 11 – U.S. government geologist Clarence King reveals the diamond hoax in Wyoming. November 12 – The 1872 Baltic Sea flood ravaged the Baltic Sea coast from Denmark to Pomerania, also affecting Sweden, during the night between 12 and 13 November 1872 November 13 (07:35) (probable date) – Claude Monet begins painting Impression, Sunrise (Impression, soleil levant, the painting that will give a name to Impressionism) as viewed from his hotel room at Le Havre in France. November 16 – The first ever Metropolitan Police strike November 22 – "Spitzeder Swindle": Adele Spitzeder's pioneering Ponzi scheme in Munich collapses. November 27 – A meteor shower display of Andromedids is seen over France. November 29 American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River. Horace Greeley, President Ulysses S. Grant's opponent in this year's U.S. presidential election, dies. His electoral votes are divided among several candidates. November 30 – The first international Association football match to be recognised (retrospectively) by FIFA as "official" takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Scotland; the result is Scotland 0-0 England. Earlier international football matches had already taken place in 1870, in 1871