Historical Events In 1872

Sep 25   In the year 1872 charles Blake Cochran, impresario  

Sep 26   Ottokar T Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, Austrian Foreign min (1916-18) on this day in history.  

Sep 26   In the year 1872 the first Shriners Temple (called Mecca) was established in New York City.  

Sep 28   On this day in history lena Ashwell, England, actress/theatrical manager (Kingsway)  

Sep 29   On this day in history "3 Fingers" Mackenzie destroys Kwahadi-Commanche village  

Oct 01   On this day in history israel Querido, Dutch writer (Menschenwee)  

Oct 02   Eberhard F Walcker, organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt A/M), dies on this day in history.  

Oct 02   On this day in history morgan State University founded  

Oct 03   Bloomingdale's department store in NY opens in the year 1872.  

Oct 03   On this day in history edward Faber Schneider, composer  

Oct 08   In the year 1872 john Cowper Powys, British writer (Wood & Stone)  

Oct 09   Aaron Montgomery started his mail-order business in the year 1872.  

Oct 11   In the year 1872 harlan Fiske Stone, NH, Supreme Court (1925-41) Chief Justice (41-46)  

Oct 12   Montreal Foot Ball Club 1st game playing Quebec City to 0-0 tie on this day in history.  

Oct 12   On this day in history ralph Vaughan Williams, Down Amp England, composer (Hugh the Drover)  

Oct 14   In the year 1872 albrecht FH, prince of Prussia, dies at 63  

Oct 18   Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun in the year 1872.  

Oct 19   World's largest gold nugget (215 kg) found in New South Wales on this day in history.  

Oct 21   In the year 1872 germany gives the San Juan Islands to the U.S.  

Oct 21   Jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Oct 23   On this day in history theophile Gautier, French poet/writer/historian/critic, dies at 61  

Oct 27   Emily Post, authority on social behavior/writer (Etiquette) in the year 1872.  

Oct 29   On this day in history j S Risdon patents metal windmill  

Nov 03   In the year 1872 paul Panzer, actor (Cat's Paw, Mildred Pierce, Hotel Berlin)  

Nov 04   On this day in history herman Finck, composer  

Nov 05   On this day in history suffragist Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote. (She never paid the fine.)  

Nov 05   Susan B Anthony fined $100 for trying to vote for Ulysses S Grant on this day in history.  

Nov 07   On this day in history cargo ship Mary Celeste sails from NY to Genoa; mysteriously found abandoned 4 weeks later  

Nov 07   On this day in history mary Celeste sails from NY to Genoa; found abandoned 4 weeks later  

Nov 07   The ship Marie Celeste sails from New York, eventually to be found deserted in the year 1872.  

Nov 09   In the year 1872 fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Boston  

Nov 11   On this day in history maude K Adams, US, actress (Baldwin's Theatre)  

Nov 15   Robert marquess of Flers, French author (Habit Vert) on this day in history.  

Nov 22   In the year 1872 franz Grillparzer's "Die Judin von Toledo," premieres in Prague  

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Jan 04   On this day in history birth of edmund Rumpler, Austria, auto/airplane builder  

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

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   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 in the year 1872.  

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 in the year 1872.  

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

Apr 01   In the year 1872 death of frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805)