Page 7: Historical Events In 1872

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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Jan 04   Edmund rumpler: Austria, auto/airplane builder   

Jan 06   Alexander n scriabin: Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (prometheus)   

Jan 11   Paul graener: Composer   

Jan 11   George washington pierce: American physicist    

Jan 15   Arsen kotsoyev: Russian writer   

Jan 16   Edward g craig: Actor/director (on the art of theatre)   

Jan 16   Henri-paul busser: Composer   

Jan 18   Paul leautaud: [maurice boissard], france, writer (petit ami)   

Jan 07   James fisk: American entrepreneur (b. 1834)   

Jan 21   Franz grillparzer: Austrian playwright (sappho/libussa),    

Feb 21   Pavel p gagarin: Russian monarch/politician,   

Mar 04   Johannes carsten hauch: Danish poet (b. 1790)   

Mar 10   Giuseppe mazzini: Italian revolutionary (giovane italy),   

Mar 12   Zeng guofan: Chinese politician and general (b. 1811)   

Mar 30   Nicolaos mantzaros: Composer,    

Apr 01   Frederick maurice: English theologian (b. 1805)