Page 5: Historical Events In 1872

Jul 28   In the year 1872 friedrich Kaiser, astronomer (Kaiser-Compass), dies   

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

Jul 31   In the year 1872 c H F Peters discovers asteroids #122 Gerda & #123 Brunhild   

Aug 02   Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

Aug 03   Haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57) in the year 1872.   

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

Aug 11   On this day in history lowell Mason, US organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80   

Aug 15   On this day in history harold Fraser-Simson, composer   

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

Aug 19   On this day in history 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   The first Japanese commercial ship visits SF, carrying tea in the year 1872.   

Aug 24   In the year 1872 max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review)   

Aug 24   In the year 1872 the birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist   

Aug 28   Alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer in the year 1872.   

Sep 04   [Rosalie] Julia Cuypers, Flemish actress/wife of Joseph of Lyre on this day in history.   

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

Sep 09   On this day in history delilah L Beasley, US author/columnist (Negro trail-blazers)   

Sep 10   In the year 1872 josephina "Frieda" Herberich, actress (Verdoold Sheep)   

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 in the year 1872.   

Sep 14   In the year 1872 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   In the year 1872 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   King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway in the year 1872.   

Sep 20   In the year 1872 maurice Gamelin, French generalissimo   

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan 11   In the year 1872 birth of paul Graener, composer   

Jan 11   George Washington Pierce, American physicist (d. 1956) was born in the year 1872.   

Jan 15   Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (d. 1944) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 16   Edward G Craig, actor/director (On the art of theatre) was born in the year 1872.   

Jan 16   On this day in history birth of henri-Paul Busser, composer   

Jan 18   Paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami) was born in the year 1872.   

Jan 07   In the year 1872 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   In the year 1872 pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82   

Mar 04   Johannes Carsten Hauch, Danish poet (b. 1790) died in the year 1872.   

Mar 10   Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary (Giovane Italy), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history death of frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805)