Historical Events In 1872

Jul 28   On this day in history friedrich Kaiser, astronomer (Kaiser-Compass), dies  

Jul 30   Clementine, Princess of Belgium, wife of Prince Napoleon Bonaparte on this day in history.  

Jul 31   On this day in history c H F Peters discovers asteroids #122 Gerda & #123 Brunhild  

Aug 02   Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59 in the year 1872.  

Aug 03   In the year 1872 haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57)  

Aug 07   In the year 1872 andries C D de Graeff, governor-general of Neth Indies (1926-31)  

Aug 11   Lowell Mason, US organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80 in the year 1872.  

Aug 15   Harold Fraser-Simson, composer in the year 1872.  

Aug 18   1st mail-order catalog issued by A M Ward on this day in history.  

Aug 19   On this day in history eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer, dies at 63  

Aug 21   Aubrey Beardsley, England, artist (Salome) in the year 1872.  

Aug 23   1st Japanese coml ship visits SF, carrying tea on this day in history.  

Aug 23   The first Japanese commercial ship visits SF, carrying tea in the year 1872.  

Aug 24   On this day in history max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review)  

Aug 24   The birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist in the year 1872.  

Aug 28   Alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer on this day in history.  

Sep 04   [Rosalie] Julia Cuypers, Flemish actress/wife of Joseph of Lyre on this day in history.  

Sep 07   On this day in history antoni Stolpe, composer, dies at 21  

Sep 09   In the year 1872 delilah L Beasley, US author/columnist (Negro trail-blazers)  

Sep 10   Josephina "Frieda" Herberich, actress (Verdoold Sheep) on this day in history.  

Sep 10   Karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam in the year 1872.  

Sep 13   In the year 1872 ludwig A Feuerbach, German philosopher (Man what he eats), dies at 68  

Sep 14   Britain pays the US $15« M for damages during Civil War in the year 1872.  

Sep 14   Britain pays US$15½m for damages during Civil War in the year 1872.  

Sep 14   In the year 1872 yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer, dies at 48  

Sep 16   In the year 1872 henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dutch/Flemish actress (Rose Kate)  

Sep 17   On this day in history phillip W Pratt patents his sprinkler system for extinguishing fires  

Sep 18   In the year 1872 charles XV Louis E, king of Sweden/Norway (1859-72), dies  

Sep 18   King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway on this day in history.  

Sep 20   On this day in history maurice Gamelin, French generalissimo  

Sep 21   John Henry Conyers of SC becomes 1st black student at Annapolis in the year 1872.  

Sep 21   John Henry Conyers of SC becomes first black student at Annapolis on this day in history.  

Sep 22   Luis Villalba Munoz, composer on this day in history.  

Sep 24   Franz Grillparzer's "Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg," premieres in Vienna in the year 1872.  

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Jan 04   On this day in history birth of edmund Rumpler, Austria, auto/airplane builder  

Jan 06   Alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 11   Paul Graener, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 11   George Washington Pierce, American physicist (d. 1956) was born in the year 1872.  

Jan 15   Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (d. 1944) was born in the year 1872.  

Jan 16   Edward G Craig, actor/director (On the art of theatre) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 16   Henri-Paul Busser, composer was born in the year 1872.  

Jan 18   In the year 1872 birth of paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami)  

Jan 07   James Fisk, American entrepreneur (b. 1834) died in the year 1872.  

Jan 21   Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81 in the year 1872.  

Feb 21   Pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Mar 04   Johannes Carsten Hauch, Danish poet (b. 1790) died in the year 1872.  

Mar 10   Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary (Giovane Italy), dies at 66 in the year 1872.  

Mar 12   On this day in history death of zeng Guofan, Chinese politician and general (b. 1811)  

Mar 30   In the year 1872 nicolaos Mantzaros, composer, dies at 76  

Apr 01   In the year 1872 death of frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805)