Historical Events In 1872

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

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

Aug 15   Harold Fraser-Simson, composer in the year 1872.  

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

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   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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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) in the year 1872.  

Sep 10   In the year 1872 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   Britain pays the US $15« M for damages during Civil War in the year 1872.  

Sep 14   Britain pays US$15½m for damages during Civil War on this day in history.  

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

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

Sep 17   Phillip W Pratt patents his sprinkler system for extinguishing fires on this day in history.  

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

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   John Henry Conyers of SC becomes 1st black student at Annapolis in the year 1872.  

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

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 in the year 1872.  

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

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of paul Graener, composer  

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

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (d. 1944)  

Jan 16   On this day in history birth of edward G Craig, actor/director (On the art of theatre)  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 07   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 10   On this day in history giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary (Giovane Italy), dies at 66  

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.