Page 5: Historical Events In 1872

Jul 28   Friedrich Kaiser, astronomer (Kaiser-Compass), dies in the year 1872.   

Jul 30   In the year 1872 clementine, Princess of Belgium, wife of Prince Napoleon Bonaparte   

Jul 31   C H F Peters discovers asteroids #122 Gerda & #123 Brunhild in the year 1872.   

Aug 02   On this day in history judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59   

Aug 03   On this day in history haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57)   

Aug 07   Andries C D de Graeff, governor-general of Neth Indies (1926-31) in the year 1872.   

Aug 11   Lowell Mason, US organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80 in the year 1872.   

Aug 15   Harold Fraser-Simson, composer in the year 1872.   

Aug 18   1st mail-order catalog issued by A M Ward in the year 1872.   

Aug 19   Eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Aug 21   On this day in history aubrey Beardsley, England, artist (Salome)   

Aug 23   1st Japanese coml ship visits SF, carrying tea in the year 1872.   

Aug 23   On this day in history the first Japanese commercial ship visits SF, carrying tea   

Aug 24   Max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review) in the year 1872.   

Aug 24   On this day in history the birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist   

Aug 28   On this day in history alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer   

Sep 04   [Rosalie] Julia Cuypers, Flemish actress/wife of Joseph of Lyre in the year 1872.   

Sep 07   Antoni Stolpe, composer, dies at 21 in the year 1872.   

Sep 09   In the year 1872 delilah L Beasley, US author/columnist (Negro trail-blazers)   

Sep 10   On this day in history josephina "Frieda" Herberich, actress (Verdoold Sheep)   

Sep 10   Karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam in the year 1872.   

Sep 13   On this day in history ludwig A Feuerbach, German philosopher (Man what he eats), dies at 68   

Sep 14   On this day in history britain pays the US $15« M for damages during Civil War   

Sep 14   Britain pays US$15½m for damages during Civil War on this day in history.   

Sep 14   Yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer, dies at 48 in the year 1872.   

Sep 16   Henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dutch/Flemish actress (Rose Kate) on this day in history.   

Sep 17   On this day in history phillip W Pratt patents his sprinkler system for extinguishing fires   

Sep 18   On this day in history charles XV Louis E, king of Sweden/Norway (1859-72), dies   

Sep 18   King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway in the year 1872.   

Sep 20   Maurice Gamelin, French generalissimo on this day in history.   

Sep 21   On this day in history john Henry Conyers of SC becomes 1st black student at Annapolis   

Sep 21   John Henry Conyers of SC becomes first black student at Annapolis on this day in history.   

Sep 22   Luis Villalba Munoz, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 24   On this day in history franz Grillparzer's "Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg," premieres in Vienna   

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

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

Jan 11   Paul Graener, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1872.   

Jan 16   On this day in history birth of edward G Craig, actor/director (On the art of theatre)   

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

Jan 18   In the year 1872 birth of paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami)   

Jan 07   In the year 1872 death of james Fisk, American entrepreneur (b. 1834)   

Jan 21   On this day in history 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   In the year 1872 death of johannes Carsten Hauch, Danish poet (b. 1790)   

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 in the year 1872.   

Mar 30   Nicolaos Mantzaros, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1872.   

Apr 01   Frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805) died on this day in history.