Historical Events In 1872

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

Jul 30   In the year 1872 clementine, Princess of Belgium, wife of Prince Napoleon Bonaparte  

Jul 31   On this day in history 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   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   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   In the year 1872 aubrey Beardsley, England, artist (Salome)  

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 in the year 1872.  

Aug 24   In the year 1872 max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review)  

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

Aug 28   Alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer in the year 1872.  

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 in the year 1872.  

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

Sep 10   In the year 1872 josephina "Frieda" Herberich, actress (Verdoold Sheep)  

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

Sep 13   In the year 1872 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   Britain pays US$15½m for damages during Civil War on this day in history.  

Sep 14   Yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer, dies at 48 in the year 1872.  

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

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

Sep 20   On this day in history maurice Gamelin, French generalissimo  

Sep 21   In the year 1872 john Henry Conyers of SC becomes 1st black student at Annapolis  

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

Sep 22   In the year 1872 luis Villalba Munoz, composer  

Sep 24   On this day in history franz Grillparzer's "Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg," premieres in Vienna  

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Jan 04   In the year 1872 birth of edmund Rumpler, Austria, auto/airplane builder  

Jan 06   Alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 11   Paul Graener, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 11   George Washington Pierce, American physicist (d. 1956) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 16   Edward G Craig, actor/director (On the art of theatre) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 21   On this day in history 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   Johannes Carsten Hauch, Danish poet (b. 1790) died in the year 1872.  

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   In the year 1872 nicolaos Mantzaros, composer, dies at 76  

Apr 01   Frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805) died in the year 1872.