Historical Events In 1872

Jan 02   Canada and the US first share telegraphed weather reports on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1872 1st patent list issued by US Patent Office   

Jan 03   The first patent list issued by US Patent Office in the year 1872.   

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

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

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

Jan 12   In the year 1872 yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.   

Jan 16   In the year 1872 edward G Craig, actor/director (On the art of theatre)   

Jan 18   In the year 1872 paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami)   

Jan 20   Calif Stock Exchange Board organized in the year 1872.   

Jan 20   In the year 1872 california Stock Exchange Board organized   

Jan 21   Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, Dutch foreign minister on this day in history.   

Jan 21   Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Jan 27   On this day in history learned Hand, Albany NY, Chief judge (US Court of Appeals)   

Jan 29   On this day in history 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   In the year 1872 paul Fort, French poet/founder of Vers et Prose   

Feb 01   In the year 1872 the birth of Paul Fort, French poet.   

Feb 06   In the year 1872 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   Anne Anema, Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP) on this day in history.   

Feb 14   On this day in history 1st state bird refuge authorized (Lake Merritt CA)   

Feb 15   In the year 1872 in Victoria British Columbia, the Provincial Legislature meets for the first time as a Province of Canada   

Feb 20   Hydraulic electric elevator patented by Cyrus Baldwin in the year 1872.   

Feb 20   Luther Crowell patents a machine that manufactures paper bags in the year 1872.   

Feb 20   Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City on this day in history.   

Feb 20   On this day in history silas Noble &JP Cooley patents toothpick manufacturing machine   

Feb 21   In the year 1872 pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82   

Feb 22   1st national convention of Prohibition Party (Columbus Ohio) on this day in history.   

Feb 22   First national convention of the Prohibition Party (Columbus OH) on this day in history.   

Feb 22   Labor Reform Party formed at Columbus OH in the year 1872.   

Feb 24   John Jarvis, England, swimmer (won 108 titles) in the year 1872.   

Feb 27   Charlotte Ray, 1st Black woman lawyer, graduated Howard University in the year 1872.   

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Jan 04   Edmund Rumpler, Austria, auto/airplane builder was born in the year 1872.   

Jan 06   Alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus) was born in the year 1872.   

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

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   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   In the year 1872 birth of paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami)   

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

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 in the year 1872.   

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

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

Mar 12   Zeng Guofan, Chinese politician and general (b. 1811) died in the year 1872.   

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.