Page 6: Historical Events In 1872

Sep 25   Charles Blake Cochran, impresario in the year 1872.   

Sep 26   Ottokar T Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, Austrian Foreign min (1916-18) in the year 1872.   

Sep 26   On this day in history the first Shriners Temple (called Mecca) was established in New York City.   

Sep 28   On this day in history lena Ashwell, England, actress/theatrical manager (Kingsway)   

Sep 29   In the year 1872 "3 Fingers" Mackenzie destroys Kwahadi-Commanche village   

Oct 01   Israel Querido, Dutch writer (Menschenwee) on this day in history.   

Oct 02   In the year 1872 eberhard F Walcker, organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt A/M), dies   

Oct 02   In the year 1872 morgan State University founded   

Oct 03   Bloomingdale's department store in NY opens on this day in history.   

Oct 03   On this day in history edward Faber Schneider, composer   

Oct 08   In the year 1872 john Cowper Powys, British writer (Wood & Stone)   

Oct 09   In the year 1872 aaron Montgomery started his mail-order business   

Oct 11   On this day in history harlan Fiske Stone, NH, Supreme Court (1925-41) Chief Justice (41-46)   

Oct 12   Montreal Foot Ball Club 1st game playing Quebec City to 0-0 tie in the year 1872.   

Oct 12   On this day in history ralph Vaughan Williams, Down Amp England, composer (Hugh the Drover)   

Oct 14   Albrecht FH, prince of Prussia, dies at 63 in the year 1872.   

Oct 18   Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun on this day in history.   

Oct 19   In the year 1872 world's largest gold nugget (215 kg) found in New South Wales   

Oct 21   Germany gives the San Juan Islands to the U.S on this day in history.   

Oct 21   On this day in history jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer, dies at 78   

Oct 23   Theophile Gautier, French poet/writer/historian/critic, dies at 61 in the year 1872.   

Oct 27   Emily Post, authority on social behavior/writer (Etiquette) in the year 1872.   

Oct 29   J S Risdon patents metal windmill in the year 1872.   

Nov 03   Paul Panzer, actor (Cat's Paw, Mildred Pierce, Hotel Berlin) in the year 1872.   

Nov 04   In the year 1872 herman Finck, composer   

Nov 05   Suffragist Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote. (She never paid the fine.) in the year 1872.   

Nov 05   In the year 1872 susan B Anthony fined $100 for trying to vote for Ulysses S Grant   

Nov 07   On this day in history cargo ship Mary Celeste sails from NY to Genoa; mysteriously found abandoned 4 weeks later   

Nov 07   In the year 1872 mary Celeste sails from NY to Genoa; found abandoned 4 weeks later   

Nov 07   On this day in history the ship Marie Celeste sails from New York, eventually to be found deserted   

Nov 09   In the year 1872 fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Boston   

Nov 11   Maude K Adams, US, actress (Baldwin's Theatre) in the year 1872.   

Nov 15   On this day in history robert marquess of Flers, French author (Habit Vert)   

Nov 22   In the year 1872 franz Grillparzer's "Die Judin von Toledo," premieres in Prague   

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Jan 04   Edmund Rumpler, Austria, auto/airplane builder was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of george Washington Pierce, American physicist (d. 1956)   

Jan 15   Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (d. 1944) was born in the year 1872.   

Jan 16   Edward G Craig, actor/director (On the art of theatre) was born in the year 1872.   

Jan 16   In the year 1872 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 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 04   Johannes Carsten Hauch, Danish poet (b. 1790) died on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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)