Page 6: Historical Events In 1872

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

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

Sep 26   The first Shriners Temple (called Mecca) was established in New York City in the year 1872.   

Sep 28   Lena Ashwell, England, actress/theatrical manager (Kingsway) in the year 1872.   

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

Oct 01   Israel Querido, Dutch writer (Menschenwee) in the year 1872.   

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

Oct 02   Morgan State University founded in the year 1872.   

Oct 03   Bloomingdale's department store in NY opens in the year 1872.   

Oct 03   In the year 1872 edward Faber Schneider, composer   

Oct 08   On this day in history john Cowper Powys, British writer (Wood & Stone)   

Oct 09   Aaron Montgomery started his mail-order business in the year 1872.   

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

Oct 12   Montreal Foot Ball Club 1st game playing Quebec City to 0-0 tie on this day in history.   

Oct 12   In the year 1872 ralph Vaughan Williams, Down Amp England, composer (Hugh the Drover)   

Oct 14   Albrecht FH, prince of Prussia, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Oct 18   Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun in the year 1872.   

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

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

Oct 21   Jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer, dies at 78 in the year 1872.   

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 03   In the year 1872 paul Panzer, actor (Cat's Paw, Mildred Pierce, Hotel Berlin)   

Nov 04   Herman Finck, composer in the year 1872.   

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

Nov 05   Susan B Anthony fined $100 for trying to vote for Ulysses S Grant on this day in history.   

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

Nov 07   On this day in history mary Celeste sails from NY to Genoa; found abandoned 4 weeks later   

Nov 07   In the year 1872 the ship Marie Celeste sails from New York, eventually to be found deserted   

Nov 09   Fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Boston on this day in history.   

Nov 11   In the year 1872 maude K Adams, US, actress (Baldwin's Theatre)   

Nov 15   Robert marquess of Flers, French author (Habit Vert) in the year 1872.   

Nov 22   On this day in history franz Grillparzer's "Die Judin von Toledo," premieres in Prague   

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Jan 04   On this day in history birth of edmund Rumpler, Austria, auto/airplane builder   

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

Jan 16   Henri-Paul Busser, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 18   Paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   On this day in history 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   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   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)