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   C H F Peters discovers asteroids #122 Gerda & #123 Brunhild in the year 1872.  

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

Aug 03   Haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57) on this day in history.  

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

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

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 in the year 1872.  

Aug 21   In the year 1872 aubrey Beardsley, England, artist (Salome)  

Aug 23   In the year 1872 1st Japanese coml ship visits SF, carrying tea  

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

Aug 24   In the year 1872 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 in the year 1872.  

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

Sep 07   Antoni Stolpe, composer, dies at 21 in the year 1872.  

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

Sep 10   Josephina "Frieda" Herberich, actress (Verdoold Sheep) in the year 1872.  

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

Sep 17   Phillip W Pratt patents his sprinkler system for extinguishing fires in the year 1872.  

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

Sep 18   In the year 1872 king Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.  

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 in the year 1872.  

Sep 22   On this day in history luis Villalba Munoz, composer  

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

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Jan 04   Edmund Rumpler, Austria, auto/airplane builder was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of george Washington Pierce, American physicist (d. 1956)  

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   On this day in history death of james Fisk, American entrepreneur (b. 1834)  

Jan 21   On this day in history franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 12   In the year 1872 death of zeng Guofan, Chinese politician and general (b. 1811)  

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.