Historical Events In 1872

Sep 25   Charles Blake Cochran, impresario on this day in history.  

Sep 26   Ottokar T Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, Austrian Foreign min (1916-18) on this day in history.  

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

Sep 28   Lena Ashwell, England, actress/theatrical manager (Kingsway) on this day in history.  

Sep 29   "3 Fingers" Mackenzie destroys Kwahadi-Commanche village on this day in history.  

Oct 01   On this day in history israel Querido, Dutch writer (Menschenwee)  

Oct 02   Eberhard F Walcker, organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt A/M), dies on this day in history.  

Oct 02   On this day in history morgan State University founded  

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   John Cowper Powys, British writer (Wood & Stone) in the year 1872.  

Oct 09   Aaron Montgomery started his mail-order business on this day in history.  

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   Ralph Vaughan Williams, Down Amp England, composer (Hugh the Drover) on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history world's largest gold nugget (215 kg) found in New South Wales  

Oct 21   Germany gives the San Juan Islands to the U.S in the year 1872.  

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

Oct 23   On this day in history theophile Gautier, French poet/writer/historian/critic, dies at 61  

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

Oct 29   In the year 1872 j S Risdon patents metal windmill  

Nov 03   Paul Panzer, actor (Cat's Paw, Mildred Pierce, Hotel Berlin) on this day in history.  

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.) on this day in history.  

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

Nov 07   cargo ship Mary Celeste sails from NY to Genoa; mysteriously found abandoned 4 weeks later in the year 1872.  

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

Nov 07   The ship Marie Celeste sails from New York, eventually to be found deserted on this day in history.  

Nov 09   On this day in history fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Boston  

Nov 11   On this day in history maude K Adams, US, actress (Baldwin's Theatre)  

Nov 15   In the year 1872 robert marquess of Flers, French author (Habit Vert)  

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

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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   On this day in history birth of paul Graener, composer  

Jan 11   George Washington Pierce, American physicist (d. 1956) was born in the year 1872.  

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

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   On this day in history birth of paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami)  

Jan 07   James Fisk, American entrepreneur (b. 1834) died in the year 1872.  

Jan 21   Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81 in the year 1872.  

Feb 21   On this day in history pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82  

Mar 04   In the year 1872 death of johannes Carsten Hauch, Danish poet (b. 1790)  

Mar 10   In the year 1872 giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary (Giovane Italy), dies at 66  

Mar 12   On this day in history death of zeng Guofan, Chinese politician and general (b. 1811)  

Mar 30   In the year 1872 nicolaos Mantzaros, composer, dies at 76  

Apr 01   In the year 1872 death of frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805)