Historical Events In 1872
Friday, 25 October 2024
Jan 02 In the year 1872 canada and the US first share telegraphed weather reports.
Jan 03 1st patent list issued by US Patent Office on this day in history.
Jan 03 In the year 1872 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 In the year 1872 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 On this day in history paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami)
Jan 20 On this day in history calif Stock Exchange Board organized
Jan 20 California Stock Exchange Board organized in the year 1872.
Jan 21 In the year 1872 frans Beelaerts van Blokland, Dutch foreign minister
Jan 21 Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81 on this day in history.
Jan 27 In the year 1872 learned Hand, Albany NY, Chief judge (US Court of Appeals)
Jan 29 Francis L Cardoza elected State Treasurer of South Carolina on this day in history.
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 in the year 1872.
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 Nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis, Greek lawyer/diplomat/foreign minister in the year 1872.
Feb 10 In the year 1872 anne Anema, Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP)
Feb 14 On this day in history 1st state bird refuge authorized (Lake Merritt CA)
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 Hydraulic electric elevator patented by Cyrus Baldwin on this day in history.
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 in the year 1872.
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 On this day in history 1st national convention of Prohibition Party (Columbus Ohio)
Feb 22 First national convention of the Prohibition Party (Columbus OH) in the year 1872.
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 Charlotte Ray, 1st Black woman lawyer, graduated Howard University in the year 1872.