Historical Events In 1872

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

Jul 30   In the year 1872 clementine, Princess of Belgium, wife of Prince Napoleon Bonaparte  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

Aug 18   1st mail-order catalog issued by A M Ward in the year 1872.  

Aug 19   Eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1872.  

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

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

Aug 23   On this day in history 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   In the year 1872 the birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist  

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

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

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

Sep 14   Yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

Sep 16   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1872.  

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   On this day in history birth of alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus)  

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1872.  

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   On this day in history pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82  

Mar 04   Johannes Carsten Hauch, Danish poet (b. 1790) died on this day in history.  

Mar 10   Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary (Giovane Italy), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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