Historical Events In 1872

Jul 28   Friedrich Kaiser, astronomer (Kaiser-Compass), dies on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Aug 02   Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59 on this day in history.  

Aug 03   In the year 1872 haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57)  

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

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

Aug 23   In the year 1872 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   In the year 1872 the birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist  

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

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

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

Sep 09   Delilah L Beasley, US author/columnist (Negro trail-blazers) in the year 1872.  

Sep 10   On this day in history josephina "Frieda" Herberich, actress (Verdoold Sheep)  

Sep 10   Karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam on this day in history.  

Sep 13   Ludwig A Feuerbach, German philosopher (Man what he eats), dies at 68 in the year 1872.  

Sep 14   Britain pays the US $15« M for damages during Civil War on this day in history.  

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

Sep 14   On this day in history 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   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   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   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   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   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   On this day in history birth of arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (d. 1944)  

Jan 16   In the year 1872 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 in the year 1872.  

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   Nicolaos Mantzaros, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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