Historical Events In 1872

Jul 28   Friedrich Kaiser, astronomer (Kaiser-Compass), dies in the year 1872.  

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

Jul 31   In the year 1872 c H F Peters discovers asteroids #122 Gerda & #123 Brunhild  

Aug 02   Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59 on this day in history.  

Aug 03   Haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57) on this day in history.  

Aug 07   On this day in history andries C D de Graeff, governor-general of Neth Indies (1926-31)  

Aug 11   In the year 1872 lowell Mason, US organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80  

Aug 15   In the year 1872 harold Fraser-Simson, composer  

Aug 18   1st mail-order catalog issued by A M Ward on this day in history.  

Aug 19   Eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Aug 21   Aubrey Beardsley, England, artist (Salome) on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 24   On this day in history the birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist  

Aug 28   Alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer in the year 1872.  

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

Sep 07   In the year 1872 antoni Stolpe, composer, dies at 21  

Sep 09   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Sep 13   Ludwig A Feuerbach, German philosopher (Man what he eats), dies at 68 in the year 1872.  

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 in the year 1872.  

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

Sep 16   Henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dutch/Flemish actress (Rose Kate) on this day in history.  

Sep 17   Phillip W Pratt patents his sprinkler system for extinguishing fires in the year 1872.  

Sep 18   Charles XV Louis E, king of Sweden/Norway (1859-72), dies in the year 1872.  

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   John Henry Conyers of SC becomes first black student at Annapolis on this day in history.  

Sep 22   In the year 1872 luis Villalba Munoz, composer  

Sep 24   In the year 1872 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   On this day in history birth of alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus)  

Jan 11   Paul Graener, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 11   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1872 franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81  

Feb 21   In the year 1872 pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82  

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

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   In the year 1872 nicolaos Mantzaros, composer, dies at 76  

Apr 01   Frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805) died on this day in history.