Page 5: Historical Events In 1872

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

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

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

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   In the year 1872 andries C D de Graeff, governor-general of Neth Indies (1926-31)   

Aug 11   Lowell Mason, US organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Aug 21   Aubrey Beardsley, England, artist (Salome) on this day in history.   

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

Aug 28   In the year 1872 alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer   

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

Sep 07   On this day in history antoni Stolpe, composer, dies at 21   

Sep 09   Delilah L Beasley, US author/columnist (Negro trail-blazers) on this day in history.   

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

Sep 10   Karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam on this day in history.   

Sep 13   In the year 1872 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   In the year 1872 britain pays US$15½m for damages during Civil War   

Sep 14   Yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

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

Sep 17   In the year 1872 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   On this day in history king Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.   

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

Sep 21   John Henry Conyers of SC becomes 1st black student at Annapolis in the year 1872.   

Sep 21   John Henry Conyers of SC becomes first black student at Annapolis in the year 1872.   

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

Sep 24   Franz Grillparzer's "Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg," premieres in Vienna on this day in history.   

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

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus)   

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

Jan 11   In the year 1872 birth of george Washington Pierce, American physicist (d. 1956)   

Jan 15   In the year 1872 birth of arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (d. 1944)   

Jan 16   Edward G Craig, actor/director (On the art of theatre) was born on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81   

Feb 21   Pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 10   On this day in history giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary (Giovane Italy), dies at 66   

Mar 12   In the year 1872 death of zeng Guofan, Chinese politician and general (b. 1811)   

Mar 30   On this day in history nicolaos Mantzaros, composer, dies at 76   

Apr 01   In the year 1872 death of frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805)