Historical Events In 1872
Monday, 30 January 2023
Jan 02 On this day in history canada and the US first share telegraphed weather reports.
Jan 03 In the year 1872 1st patent list issued by US Patent Office
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 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 On this day in history edward G Craig, actor/director (On the art of theatre)
Jan 18 Paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami) in the year 1872.
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 On this day in history frans Beelaerts van Blokland, Dutch foreign minister
Jan 21 In the year 1872 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 In the year 1872 francis L Cardoza elected State Treasurer of South Carolina
Jan 31 In the year 1872 zane Grey, American West novelist (Riders of the Purple Sage)
Feb 01 Paul Fort, French poet/founder of Vers et Prose on this day in history.
Feb 01 The birth of Paul Fort, French poet in the year 1872.
Feb 06 In the year 1872 theodor Lessing, writer [or Feb 8]
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 Hydraulic electric elevator patented by Cyrus Baldwin on this day in history.
Feb 20 Luther Crowell patents a machine that manufactures paper bags on this day in history.
Feb 20 In the year 1872 metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
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 in the year 1872.
Feb 22 1st national convention of Prohibition Party (Columbus Ohio) on this day in history.
Feb 22 In the year 1872 first national convention of the Prohibition Party (Columbus OH)
Feb 22 On this day in history labor Reform Party formed at Columbus OH
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.