Historical Events In 1872

Jul 28   Friedrich Kaiser, astronomer (Kaiser-Compass), dies in the year 1872.  

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   On this day in history judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59  

Aug 03   Haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57) in the year 1872.  

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

Aug 11   Lowell Mason, US organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Aug 15   In the year 1872 harold Fraser-Simson, composer  

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

Aug 19   In the year 1872 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 in the year 1872.  

Aug 23   The first Japanese commercial ship visits SF, carrying tea on this day in history.  

Aug 24   Max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review) in the year 1872.  

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   In the year 1872 [Rosalie] Julia Cuypers, Flemish actress/wife of Joseph of Lyre  

Sep 07   Antoni Stolpe, composer, dies at 21 on this day in history.  

Sep 09   Delilah L Beasley, US author/columnist (Negro trail-blazers) in the year 1872.  

Sep 10   On this day in history josephina "Frieda" Herberich, actress (Verdoold Sheep)  

Sep 10   On this day in history karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam  

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

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 in the year 1872.  

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

Sep 21   In the year 1872 john Henry Conyers of SC becomes 1st black student at Annapolis  

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

Sep 22   In the year 1872 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   In the year 1872 birth of edmund Rumpler, Austria, auto/airplane builder  

Jan 06   In the year 1872 birth of alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus)  

Jan 11   In the year 1872 birth of paul Graener, composer  

Jan 11   In the year 1872 birth of george Washington Pierce, American physicist (d. 1956)  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1872.  

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

Feb 21   In the year 1872 pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82  

Mar 04   On this day in history death of johannes Carsten Hauch, Danish poet (b. 1790)  

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   Nicolaos Mantzaros, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1872.  

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