Historical Events In 1872

Jan 02   Canada and the US first share telegraphed weather reports in the year 1872.  

Jan 03   On this day in history 1st patent list issued by US Patent Office  

Jan 03   The first patent list issued by US Patent Office on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history edmund Rumpler, Austria, auto/airplane builder  

Jan 06   In the year 1872 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   Edward G Craig, actor/director (On the art of theatre) in the year 1872.  

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   On this day in history 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   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   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   On this day in history theodor Lessing, writer [or Feb 8]  

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

Feb 07   Nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis, Greek lawyer/diplomat/foreign minister on this day in history.  

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

Feb 20   In the year 1872 hydraulic electric elevator patented by Cyrus Baldwin  

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

Feb 20   In the year 1872 metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.  

Feb 20   In the year 1872 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   On this day in history labor Reform Party formed at Columbus OH  

Feb 24   In the year 1872 john Jarvis, England, swimmer (won 108 titles)  

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

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

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus)  

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   Edward G Craig, actor/director (On the art of theatre) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 16   Henri-Paul Busser, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami)  

Jan 07   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.  

Mar 30   In the year 1872 nicolaos Mantzaros, composer, dies at 76  

Apr 01   Frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805) died in the year 1872.