Page 7: Historical Events In 1872
Monday, 23 February 2026
Nov 23 Ten Bears (Parra-Wa-Samen), US poet/Comanche chief, dies 


Nov 29 Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg, Austrian soprano/director 


Nov 29 Cornelius Kreighoff, Canadian, dies 


Nov 29 Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River 


Nov 30 1st intl soccer game, Scotland-England 0-0 (Glasgow) 


Dec 04 The ship Mary Celeste was are discovered adrift with crew missing 


Dec 05 Harry N Pillsbury, US chess player 


Dec 05 The vessel 'Marie Celeste' is are discovered abandoned in the Atlantic, no trace of her crew was ever are discovered 


Dec 06 Mikulas Moyzes, composer 


Dec 06 William S. Hart (actor, director, silent screen star Wild Bill Hickock) was born This was the inaugural TV show I watched in 1954. 


Dec 06 William S. Hart (actor, director, silent screen star: Wild Bill Hickock) was born This was the inaugural TV show I watched in 1954 


Dec 07 HMS Challenger sets sail on 3½ year world oceanographic cruise. 


Dec 07 HMS Challenger sets sail on 3«-year world oceanographic cruise. 


Dec 07 Johan Huizinga, Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens) 


Dec 08 J C Powys, writer. 


Dec 10 Johann Babtist Thaller, composer 


Dec 11 1st black US gov took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La) 


Dec 11 inaugural black US gov took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La). 


Dec 12 Willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician, dies at 72 


Dec 13 Helena Beeloo, Hague's maid, murdered by Henry Jut. 


Dec 18 Opals inaugural discovered in Australia, at Listowel Downs, Queensland 


Dec 20 Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer 


Dec 21 Albert P Terhune, US, novelist (Lad, a Dog) 


Dec 26 4th largest snowfall in NYC history (18"). 


Dec 30 William A Larned, tennis champ (US Open-1901) 


Dec 31 Aleksis Kivi, [Stenvall], Finnish writer/poet (Kanervala), dies at 38. 


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