Historical Events In 1872
Sunday, 04 June 2023
Jan 02 Canada and the US first share telegraphed weather reports in the year 1872.
Jan 03 1st patent list issued by US Patent Office on this day in history.
Jan 03 On this day in history the first patent list issued by US Patent Office
Jan 04 On this day in history edmund Rumpler, Austria, auto/airplane builder
Jan 06 On this day in history alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus)
Jan 11 On this day in history paul Graener, composer
Jan 12 Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years on this day in history.
Jan 16 In the year 1872 edward G Craig, actor/director (On the art of theatre)
Jan 18 Paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami) on this day in history.
Jan 20 On this day in history calif Stock Exchange Board organized
Jan 20 In the year 1872 california Stock Exchange Board organized
Jan 21 In the year 1872 frans Beelaerts van Blokland, Dutch foreign minister
Jan 21 In the year 1872 franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81
Jan 27 Learned Hand, Albany NY, Chief judge (US Court of Appeals) in the year 1872.
Jan 29 In the year 1872 francis L Cardoza elected State Treasurer of South Carolina
Jan 31 Zane Grey, American West novelist (Riders of the Purple Sage) in the year 1872.
Feb 01 Paul Fort, French poet/founder of Vers et Prose on this day in history.
Feb 01 In the year 1872 the birth of Paul Fort, French poet.
Feb 06 On this day in history theodor Lessing, writer [or Feb 8]
Feb 07 In the year 1872 alcorn A & M College opens
Feb 07 In the year 1872 nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis, Greek lawyer/diplomat/foreign minister
Feb 10 On this day in history anne Anema, Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP)
Feb 14 1st state bird refuge authorized (Lake Merritt CA) in the year 1872.
Feb 15 On this day in history in Victoria British Columbia, the Provincial Legislature meets for the first time as a Province of Canada
Feb 20 On this day in history hydraulic electric elevator patented by Cyrus Baldwin
Feb 20 On this day in history luther Crowell patents a machine that manufactures paper bags
Feb 20 Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City in the year 1872.
Feb 20 Silas Noble &JP Cooley patents toothpick manufacturing machine in the year 1872.
Feb 21 Pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82 on this day in history.
Feb 22 In the year 1872 1st national convention of Prohibition Party (Columbus Ohio)
Feb 22 In the year 1872 first national convention of the Prohibition Party (Columbus OH)
Feb 22 Labor Reform Party formed at Columbus OH in the year 1872.
Feb 24 In the year 1872 john Jarvis, England, swimmer (won 108 titles)
Feb 27 On this day in history charlotte Ray, 1st Black woman lawyer, graduated Howard University