Page 5: Historical Events In 1872

Jul 28   Friedrich Kaiser, astronomer (Kaiser-Compass), dies on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1872 judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59   

Aug 03   In the year 1872 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   In the year 1872 1st mail-order catalog issued by A M Ward   

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

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

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

Aug 23   The first Japanese commercial ship visits SF, carrying tea in the year 1872.   

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

Aug 24   The birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist on this day in history.   

Aug 28   In the year 1872 alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer   

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

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

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

Sep 10   Josephina "Frieda" Herberich, actress (Verdoold Sheep) in the year 1872.   

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

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

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 in the year 1872.   

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

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

Sep 18   In the year 1872 king Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.   

Sep 20   Maurice Gamelin, French generalissimo in the year 1872.   

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 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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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 in the year 1872.   

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of george Washington Pierce, American physicist (d. 1956)   

Jan 15   Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (d. 1944) was born in the year 1872.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Mar 30   Nicolaos Mantzaros, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Apr 01   Frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805) died in the year 1872.