Historical Events In 1872

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

Jul 30   On this day in history clementine, Princess of Belgium, wife of Prince Napoleon Bonaparte  

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 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1872 lowell Mason, US organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80  

Aug 15   On this day in history harold Fraser-Simson, composer  

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

Aug 19   On this day in history eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer, dies at 63  

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

Aug 23   In the year 1872 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   On this day in history max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review)  

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

Aug 28   On this day in history alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer  

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

Sep 07   In the year 1872 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   In the year 1872 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   On this day in history britain pays US$15½m for damages during Civil War  

Sep 14   In the year 1872 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 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history john Henry Conyers of SC becomes 1st black student at Annapolis  

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

Sep 22   Luis Villalba Munoz, composer in the year 1872.  

Sep 24   Franz Grillparzer's "Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg," premieres in Vienna on this day in history.  

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

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus)  

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

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

Jan 15   Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (d. 1944) was born in the year 1872.  

Jan 16   In the year 1872 birth of edward G Craig, actor/director (On the art of theatre)  

Jan 16   On this day in history birth of henri-Paul Busser, composer  

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami)  

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   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   In the year 1872 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   On this day in history nicolaos Mantzaros, composer, dies at 76  

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