Historical Events In 1872

Jul 28   Friedrich Kaiser, astronomer (Kaiser-Compass), dies on this day in history.  

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

Jul 31   C H F Peters discovers asteroids #122 Gerda & #123 Brunhild on this day in history.  

Aug 02   Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 07   Andries C D de Graeff, governor-general of Neth Indies (1926-31) on this day in history.  

Aug 11   On this day in history lowell Mason, US organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80  

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

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

Aug 19   Eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1872 the first Japanese commercial ship visits SF, carrying tea  

Aug 24   In the year 1872 max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review)  

Aug 24   On this day in history the birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist  

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

Sep 04   [Rosalie] Julia Cuypers, Flemish actress/wife of Joseph of Lyre in the year 1872.  

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

Sep 09   On this day in history delilah L Beasley, US author/columnist (Negro trail-blazers)  

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

Sep 10   In the year 1872 karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam  

Sep 13   Ludwig A Feuerbach, German philosopher (Man what he eats), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Sep 14   On this day in history britain pays the US $15« M for damages during Civil War  

Sep 14   In the year 1872 britain pays US$15½m for damages during Civil War  

Sep 14   On this day in history yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer, dies at 48  

Sep 16   Henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dutch/Flemish actress (Rose Kate) in the year 1872.  

Sep 17   In the year 1872 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   In the year 1872 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   On this day in history luis Villalba Munoz, composer  

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   On this day in history birth of paul Graener, composer  

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

Jan 15   In the year 1872 birth of arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (d. 1944)  

Jan 16   Edward G Craig, actor/director (On the art of theatre) was born in the year 1872.  

Jan 16   Henri-Paul Busser, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 18   Paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07   James Fisk, American entrepreneur (b. 1834) died on this day in history.  

Jan 21   Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary (Giovane Italy), dies at 66  

Mar 12   Zeng Guofan, Chinese politician and general (b. 1811) died on this day in history.  

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

Apr 01   Frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805) died on this day in history.