Historical Events In 1872

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

Jul 30   In the year 1872 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 in the year 1872.  

Aug 03   On this day in history haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57)  

Aug 07   On this day in history andries C D de Graeff, governor-general of Neth Indies (1926-31)  

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 on this day in history.  

Aug 19   Eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

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   Max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review) in the year 1872.  

Aug 24   The birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist in the year 1872.  

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   Antoni Stolpe, composer, dies at 21 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history ludwig A Feuerbach, German philosopher (Man what he eats), dies at 68  

Sep 14   In the year 1872 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   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 in the year 1872.  

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

Sep 18   On this day in history king Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.  

Sep 20   Maurice Gamelin, French generalissimo on this day in history.  

Sep 21   In the year 1872 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 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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1872.  

Jan 18   In the year 1872 birth of paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami)  

Jan 07   James Fisk, American entrepreneur (b. 1834) died on this day in history.  

Jan 21   In the year 1872 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   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   On this day in history death of frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805)