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   On this day in history c H F Peters discovers asteroids #122 Gerda & #123 Brunhild   

Aug 02   On this day in history judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59   

Aug 03   On this day in history 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   Harold Fraser-Simson, composer on this day in history.   

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

Aug 19   On this day in history eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer, dies at 63   

Aug 21   Aubrey Beardsley, England, artist (Salome) in the year 1872.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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) in the year 1872.   

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

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   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   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   In the year 1872 john Henry Conyers of SC becomes first black student at Annapolis   

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

Jan 06   Alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus) was born in the year 1872.   

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of paul Graener, composer   

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

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (d. 1944)   

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

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   In the year 1872 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)