Page 5: Historical Events In 1872
Sunday, 30 November 2025
Jul 28 Friedrich Kaiser, astronomer (Kaiser-Compass), dies in the year 1872. 


Jul 30 Clementine, Princess of Belgium, wife of Prince Napoleon Bonaparte in the year 1872. 


Jul 31 On this day in history c H F Peters discovers asteroids #122 Gerda & #123 Brunhild 


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 In the year 1872 lowell Mason, US organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80 


Aug 15 In the year 1872 harold Fraser-Simson, composer 


Aug 18 On this day in history 1st mail-order catalog issued by A M Ward 


Aug 19 In the year 1872 eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer, dies at 63 


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


Aug 23 1st Japanese coml ship visits SF, carrying tea on this day in history. 


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) on this day in history. 


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 Delilah L Beasley, US author/columnist (Negro trail-blazers) in the year 1872. 


Sep 10 Josephina "Frieda" Herberich, actress (Verdoold Sheep) on this day in history. 


Sep 10 On this day in history karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam 


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


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


Sep 14 In the year 1872 britain pays US$15½m for damages during Civil War 


Sep 14 On this day in history yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer, dies at 48 


Sep 16 In the year 1872 henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dutch/Flemish actress (Rose Kate) 


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


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


Sep 18 On this day in history king Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway. 


Sep 20 On this day in history maurice Gamelin, French generalissimo 


Sep 21 John Henry Conyers of SC becomes 1st black student at Annapolis on this day in history. 


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


Sep 22 On this day in history luis Villalba Munoz, composer 


Sep 24 Franz Grillparzer's "Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg," premieres in Vienna in the year 1872. 


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