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 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  

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

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

Jan 11   In the year 1872 birth of paul Graener, composer  

Jan 11   George Washington Pierce, American physicist (d. 1956) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 16   Edward G Craig, actor/director (On the art of theatre) was born in the year 1872.  

Jan 16   Henri-Paul Busser, composer was born in the year 1872.  

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

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   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 in the year 1872.  

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 in the year 1872.