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 in the year 1872.  

Jul 31   In the year 1872 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) on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Aug 23   In the year 1872 the first Japanese commercial ship visits SF, carrying tea  

Aug 24   Max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review) on this day in history.  

Aug 24   The birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist on this day in history.  

Aug 28   In the year 1872 alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer  

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

Sep 07   In the year 1872 antoni Stolpe, composer, dies at 21  

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

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1872 yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer, dies at 48  

Sep 16   Henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dutch/Flemish actress (Rose Kate) on this day in history.  

Sep 17   In the year 1872 phillip W Pratt patents his sprinkler system for extinguishing fires  

Sep 18   Charles XV Louis E, king of Sweden/Norway (1859-72), dies on this day in history.  

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

Sep 20   In the year 1872 maurice Gamelin, French generalissimo  

Sep 21   John Henry Conyers of SC becomes 1st black student at Annapolis on this day in history.  

Sep 21   On this day in history john Henry Conyers of SC becomes first black student at Annapolis  

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

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 in the year 1872.  

Jan 06   Alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus) was born in the year 1872.  

Jan 11   Paul Graener, composer was born in the year 1872.  

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 in the year 1872.  

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

Jan 18   Paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami) was born in the year 1872.  

Jan 07   In the year 1872 death of james Fisk, American entrepreneur (b. 1834)  

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 in the year 1872.  

Mar 04   In the year 1872 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   On this day in history death of frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805)