Historical Events In 1872

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 in the year 1872.  

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

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

Jan 06   In the year 1872 alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus)  

Jan 11   In the year 1872 paul Graener, composer  

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   On this day in history california Stock Exchange Board organized  

Jan 21   In the year 1872 frans Beelaerts van Blokland, Dutch foreign minister  

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

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

Jan 29   Francis L Cardoza elected State Treasurer of South Carolina in the year 1872.  

Jan 31   In the year 1872 zane Grey, American West novelist (Riders of the Purple Sage)  

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   Theodor Lessing, writer [or Feb 8] in the year 1872.  

Feb 07   Alcorn A & M College opens on this day in history.  

Feb 07   On this day in history nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis, Greek lawyer/diplomat/foreign minister  

Feb 10   On this day in history anne Anema, Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP)  

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   On this day in history hydraulic electric elevator patented by Cyrus Baldwin  

Feb 20   In the year 1872 luther Crowell patents a machine that manufactures paper bags  

Feb 20   On this day in history metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.  

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

Feb 21   Pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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) in the year 1872.  

Feb 22   In the year 1872 labor Reform Party formed at Columbus OH  

Feb 24   John Jarvis, England, swimmer (won 108 titles) on this day in history.  

Feb 27   In the year 1872 charlotte Ray, 1st Black woman lawyer, graduated Howard University  

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Jan 04   In the year 1872 birth of edmund Rumpler, Austria, auto/airplane builder  

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

Jan 11   Paul Graener, composer was born in the year 1872.  

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

Jan 15   Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (d. 1944) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 16   In the year 1872 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   On this day in history birth of paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami)  

Jan 07   In the year 1872 death of james Fisk, American entrepreneur (b. 1834)  

Jan 21   In the year 1872 franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81  

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

Mar 12   In the year 1872 death of zeng Guofan, Chinese politician and general (b. 1811)  

Mar 30   On this day in history nicolaos Mantzaros, composer, dies at 76  

Apr 01   On this day in history death of frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805)