Page 5: Historical Events In 1872

Jul 28   On this day in history friedrich Kaiser, astronomer (Kaiser-Compass), dies   

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   Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59 in the year 1872.   

Aug 03   Haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57) on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1872.   

Aug 15   Harold Fraser-Simson, composer on this day in history.   

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

Aug 19   Eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1872.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Sep 10   In the year 1872 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   Britain pays the US $15« M for damages during Civil War in the year 1872.   

Sep 14   On this day in history britain pays US$15½m for damages during Civil War   

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

Sep 16   On this day in history henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dutch/Flemish actress (Rose Kate)   

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

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

Sep 21   In the year 1872 john Henry Conyers of SC becomes 1st black student at Annapolis   

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

Sep 22   In the year 1872 luis Villalba Munoz, composer   

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

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Jan 04   In the year 1872 birth of edmund Rumpler, Austria, auto/airplane builder   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Jan 16   In the year 1872 birth of henri-Paul Busser, composer   

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

Jan 07   James Fisk, American entrepreneur (b. 1834) died in the year 1872.   

Jan 21   Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history death of zeng Guofan, Chinese politician and general (b. 1811)   

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

Apr 01   On this day in history death of frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805)