Historical Events In 1872

Sep 25   On this day in history charles Blake Cochran, impresario  

Sep 26   Ottokar T Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, Austrian Foreign min (1916-18) in the year 1872.  

Sep 26   On this day in history 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   In the year 1872 "3 Fingers" Mackenzie destroys Kwahadi-Commanche village  

Oct 01   Israel Querido, Dutch writer (Menschenwee) on this day in history.  

Oct 02   In the year 1872 eberhard F Walcker, organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt A/M), dies  

Oct 02   Morgan State University founded in the year 1872.  

Oct 03   In the year 1872 bloomingdale's department store in NY opens  

Oct 03   In the year 1872 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 on this day in history.  

Oct 11   Harlan Fiske Stone, NH, Supreme Court (1925-41) Chief Justice (41-46) in the year 1872.  

Oct 12   Montreal Foot Ball Club 1st game playing Quebec City to 0-0 tie in the year 1872.  

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   On this day in history josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun  

Oct 19   In the year 1872 world's largest gold nugget (215 kg) found in New South Wales  

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

Oct 21   On this day in history jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer, dies at 78  

Oct 23   Theophile Gautier, French poet/writer/historian/critic, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Oct 27   In the year 1872 emily Post, authority on social behavior/writer (Etiquette)  

Oct 29   J S Risdon patents metal windmill in the year 1872.  

Nov 03   Paul Panzer, actor (Cat's Paw, Mildred Pierce, Hotel Berlin) on this day in history.  

Nov 04   Herman Finck, composer in the year 1872.  

Nov 05   In the year 1872 suffragist Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote. (She never paid the fine.)  

Nov 05   In the year 1872 susan B Anthony fined $100 for trying to vote for Ulysses S Grant  

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

Nov 09   On this day in history 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   In the year 1872 robert marquess of Flers, French author (Habit Vert)  

Nov 22   Franz Grillparzer's "Die Judin von Toledo," premieres in Prague on this day in history.  

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Jan 04   Edmund Rumpler, Austria, auto/airplane builder was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 11   George Washington Pierce, American physicist (d. 1956) was born in the year 1872.  

Jan 15   Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (d. 1944) was born in the year 1872.  

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 in the year 1872.  

Jan 18   Paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami) was born in the year 1872.  

Jan 07   In the year 1872 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 in the year 1872.  

Mar 04   Johannes Carsten Hauch, Danish poet (b. 1790) died in the year 1872.  

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

Mar 12   In the year 1872 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.