Page 5: Historical Events In 1872

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

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) on this day in history.   

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

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   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   In the year 1872 the first Japanese commercial ship visits SF, carrying tea   

Aug 24   On this day in history max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review)   

Aug 24   The birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist in the year 1872.   

Aug 28   Alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer on this day in history.   

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

Sep 07   In the year 1872 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   Karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam in the year 1872.   

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   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1872 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   In the year 1872 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 on this day in history.   

Sep 22   Luis Villalba Munoz, composer in the year 1872.   

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

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Jan 04   Edmund Rumpler, Austria, auto/airplane builder was born in the year 1872.   

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

Jan 11   Paul Graener, composer was born in the year 1872.   

Jan 11   George Washington Pierce, American physicist (d. 1956) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 07   On this day in history death of james Fisk, American entrepreneur (b. 1834)   

Jan 21   Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81 in the year 1872.   

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

Mar 04   On this day in history death of johannes Carsten Hauch, Danish poet (b. 1790)   

Mar 10   In the year 1872 giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary (Giovane Italy), dies at 66   

Mar 12   Zeng Guofan, Chinese politician and general (b. 1811) died in the year 1872.   

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

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