Page 2: Historical Events In 1872
Monday, 23 February 2026
Feb 27 Charlotte Ray, inaugural Black woman lawyer, graduated Harvard U. 


Mar 01 Yellowstone is recorded as becoming world's 1st national park. 


Mar 01 Yellowstone is recorded as becoming world's inaugural national park 


Mar 03 Wee Willie Keeler, outfielder (Baltimore Orioles); hit .432 in 1897 


Mar 05 George Westinghouse Jr patents triple air brake for trains 


Mar 07 -8°F in Boston, MA 


Mar 07 -8º F in Boston MA. 


Mar 07 Piet Mondriaan, Holland, abstract painter (Broadway Boogie Woogie). 


Mar 08 Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist/composer. 


Mar 10 Felix Borowski, composer 


Mar 10 Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary (Giovane Italy), dies at 66 


Mar 11 Abraham van Stolk Jzn, lumber merchant/art collector 


Mar 11 Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain 


Mar 13 Oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist 


Mar 16 1st FA Cup Final: Wanderers-Royal Engineers 1-0 in Bolton 


Mar 16 The inaugural FA Cup Final Wanderers-Royal Engineers 1-0 in Bolton. 


Mar 16 The inaugural FA Cup Final: Wanderers-Royal Engineers 1-0 in Bolton 


Mar 17 Billy Quaife, cricketer (England batsman 1899-1902). 


Mar 18 Frank Hoyt Losey, composer 


Mar 19 Sergei Diaghilev, Gruzino Novgorod Russia, ballet director 


Mar 20 Bernhard Seklas, composer. 


Mar 22 Illinois is recorded as becoming 1st state to require sexual equality in employment 


Mar 22 Illinois is recorded as becoming inaugural state to require sexual equality in employment. 


Mar 25 Vito Pardo, Italian sculptor (Columbus monument in Argentina). 


Mar 26 7.8 earthquake shakes Owens Valley, California 


Mar 26 The Owens Valley, California area is rattled by a 7.8 earthquake one of the largest in the United States 


Mar 26 Thomas J Martin patents fire extinguisher. 


Mar 28 Jose Sanjurjo y Sacanell, Spanish general (Morocco). 


Mar 30 Nicolaos Mantzaros, composer, dies at 76. 


Mar 30 Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, composer 


Mar 31 Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet) 


Apr 01 1st edition of The Standard. 


Apr 01 Tadeusz Joteyko, composer 


Apr 02 George B Brayton patents gasoline powered engine 


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