Historical Events In 1872

Jul 28   In the year 1872 friedrich Kaiser, astronomer (Kaiser-Compass), dies  

Jul 30   In the year 1872 clementine, Princess of Belgium, wife of Prince Napoleon Bonaparte  

Jul 31   On this day in history c H F Peters discovers asteroids #122 Gerda & #123 Brunhild  

Aug 02   In the year 1872 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   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 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 on this day in history.  

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   1st Japanese coml ship visits SF, carrying tea on this day in history.  

Aug 23   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Aug 28   In the year 1872 alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer  

Sep 04   On this day in history [Rosalie] Julia Cuypers, Flemish actress/wife of Joseph of Lyre  

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   Karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam on this day in history.  

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

Sep 14   On this day in history britain pays the US $15« M for damages during Civil War  

Sep 14   Britain pays US$15½m for damages during Civil War on this day in history.  

Sep 14   In the year 1872 yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer, dies at 48  

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 in the year 1872.  

Sep 18   King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway in the year 1872.  

Sep 20   In the year 1872 maurice Gamelin, French generalissimo  

Sep 21   John Henry Conyers of SC becomes 1st black student at Annapolis on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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Jan 04   On this day in history 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   In the year 1872 birth of paul Graener, composer  

Jan 11   In the year 1872 birth of george Washington Pierce, American physicist (d. 1956)  

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

Jan 16   On this day in history birth of edward G Craig, actor/director (On the art of theatre)  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 21   On this day in history franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81  

Feb 21   Pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82 in the year 1872.  

Mar 04   Johannes Carsten Hauch, Danish poet (b. 1790) died in the year 1872.  

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 in the year 1872.  

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