The Treaty of Frankfurt is signed, confirming the frontiers between
Germany and France. The provinces of Alsace and Lorraine are transferred from
France to Germany.
Thu 11 May
The first trial in the Tichborne case begins, in the London Court of
Common Pleas
Sun 21 May
French government troops enter Paris to overthrow the Commune, beginning
"Bloody Week" (Semaine sanglante)
The first rack railway in Europe, the Vitznau-Rigi Railway on Mount Rigi
in Switzerland, is opened.