Page 5: Historical Events In 1872

Jul 28   Friedrich Kaiser, astronomer (Kaiser-Compass), dies.   

Jul 30   Clementine, Princess of Belgium, wife of Prince Napoleon Bonaparte   

Jul 31   C H F Peters discovers asteroids #122 Gerda and #123 Brunhild   

Aug 02   Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59.   

Aug 03   Haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57).   

Aug 07   Andries C D de Graeff, governor-general of Neth Indies (1926-31)   

Aug 11   Lowell Mason, US organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80.   

Aug 15   Harold Fraser-Simson, composer.   

Aug 18   1st mail-order catalog issued by A M Ward.   

Aug 19   Eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer, dies at 63   

Aug 21   Aubrey Beardsley, England, artist (Salome).   

Aug 23   1st Japanese coml ship visits SF, carrying tea.   

Aug 23   The inaugural Japanese commercial ship visits SF, carrying tea   

Aug 24   Max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review).   

Aug 24   Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist is born   

Aug 28   Alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer   

Sep 04   [Rosalie] Julia Cuypers, Flemish actress/wife of Joseph of Lyre   

Sep 07   Antoni Stolpe, composer, dies at 21.   

Sep 09   Delilah L Beasley, US author/columnist (Negro trail-blazers)   

Sep 10   Josephina "Frieda" Herberich, actress (Verdoold Sheep)   

Sep 10   Karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam.   

Sep 13   Ludwig A Feuerbach, German philosopher (Man what he eats), dies at 68.   

Sep 14   Britain pays the US $15« M for damages during Civil War   

Sep 14   Britain pays US$15½m for damages during Civil War.   

Sep 14   Yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer, dies at 48   

Sep 16   Henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dutch/Flemish actress (Rose Kate)   

Sep 17   Phillip W Pratt patents his sprinkler system for extinguishing fires.   

Sep 18   Charles XV Louis E, king of Sweden/Norway (1859-72), dies   

Sep 18   King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.   

Sep 20   Maurice Gamelin, French generalissimo   

Sep 21   John Henry Conyers of SC is recorded as becoming 1st black student at Annapolis.   

Sep 21   John Henry Conyers of SC is recorded as becoming inaugural black student at Annapolis   

Sep 22   Luis Villalba Munoz, composer   

Sep 24   Franz Grillparzer's "Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg," premieres in Vienna.   

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Jan 04   Edmund rumpler: Austria, auto/airplane builder   

Jan 06   Alexander n scriabin: Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (prometheus)   

Jan 11   Paul graener: Composer   

Jan 11   George washington pierce: American physicist   

Jan 15   Arsen kotsoyev: Russian writer   

Jan 16   Edward g craig: Actor/director (on the art of theatre)   

Jan 16   Henri-paul busser: Composer   

Jan 18   Paul leautaud: [maurice boissard], france, writer (petit ami)   

Jan 07   James fisk: American entrepreneur (b. 1834)   

Jan 21   Franz grillparzer: Austrian playwright (sappho/libussa),    

Feb 21   Pavel p gagarin: Russian monarch/politician,    

Mar 04   Johannes carsten hauch: Danish poet (b. 1790)   

Mar 10   Giuseppe mazzini: Italian revolutionary (giovane italy),    

Mar 12   Zeng guofan: Chinese politician and general (b. 1811)   

Mar 30   Nicolaos mantzaros: Composer,   

Apr 01   Frederick maurice: English theologian (b. 1805)