Historical Events In 1872

Sep 25   Charles Blake Cochran, impresario on this day in history.  

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

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

Sep 28   Lena Ashwell, England, actress/theatrical manager (Kingsway) in the year 1872.  

Sep 29   "3 Fingers" Mackenzie destroys Kwahadi-Commanche village in the year 1872.  

Oct 01   In the year 1872 israel Querido, Dutch writer (Menschenwee)  

Oct 02   On this day in history eberhard F Walcker, organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt A/M), dies  

Oct 02   On this day in history morgan State University founded  

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

Oct 03   Edward Faber Schneider, composer in the year 1872.  

Oct 08   John Cowper Powys, British writer (Wood & Stone) in the year 1872.  

Oct 09   On this day in history aaron Montgomery started his mail-order business  

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

Oct 12   In the year 1872 montreal Foot Ball Club 1st game playing Quebec City to 0-0 tie  

Oct 12   In the year 1872 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   World's largest gold nugget (215 kg) found in New South Wales in the year 1872.  

Oct 21   Germany gives the San Juan Islands to the U.S on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history emily Post, authority on social behavior/writer (Etiquette)  

Oct 29   J S Risdon patents metal windmill on this day in history.  

Nov 03   On this day in history paul Panzer, actor (Cat's Paw, Mildred Pierce, Hotel Berlin)  

Nov 04   Herman Finck, composer on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1872.  

Nov 07   cargo ship Mary Celeste sails from NY to Genoa; mysteriously found abandoned 4 weeks later in the year 1872.  

Nov 07   Mary Celeste sails from NY to Genoa; found abandoned 4 weeks later in the year 1872.  

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

Nov 09   On this day in history fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Boston  

Nov 11   Maude K Adams, US, actress (Baldwin's Theatre) on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1872.  

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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   In the year 1872 birth of paul Graener, composer  

Jan 11   In the year 1872 birth of george Washington Pierce, American physicist (d. 1956)  

Jan 15   In the year 1872 birth of arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (d. 1944)  

Jan 16   On this day in history birth of edward G Craig, actor/director (On the art of theatre)  

Jan 16   In the year 1872 birth of henri-Paul Busser, composer  

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

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

Jan 21   On this day in history franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81  

Feb 21   On this day in history pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82  

Mar 04   Johannes Carsten Hauch, Danish poet (b. 1790) died on this day in history.  

Mar 10   Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary (Giovane Italy), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Mar 12   On this day in history death of zeng Guofan, Chinese politician and general (b. 1811)  

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.