Historical Events In 1872

Jan 02   Canada and the US first share telegraphed weather reports in the year 1872.   

Jan 03   On this day in history 1st patent list issued by US Patent Office   

Jan 03   The first patent list issued by US Patent Office in the year 1872.   

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

Jan 06   In the year 1872 alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus)   

Jan 11   Paul Graener, composer on this day in history.   

Jan 12   Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years on this day in history.   

Jan 16   In the year 1872 edward G Craig, actor/director (On the art of theatre)   

Jan 18   Paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami) in the year 1872.   

Jan 20   On this day in history calif Stock Exchange Board organized   

Jan 20   On this day in history california Stock Exchange Board organized   

Jan 21   Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, Dutch foreign minister in the year 1872.   

Jan 21   On this day in history franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81   

Jan 27   In the year 1872 learned Hand, Albany NY, Chief judge (US Court of Appeals)   

Jan 29   Francis L Cardoza elected State Treasurer of South Carolina on this day in history.   

Jan 31   Zane Grey, American West novelist (Riders of the Purple Sage) on this day in history.   

Feb 01   Paul Fort, French poet/founder of Vers et Prose on this day in history.   

Feb 01   The birth of Paul Fort, French poet on this day in history.   

Feb 06   Theodor Lessing, writer [or Feb 8] in the year 1872.   

Feb 07   In the year 1872 alcorn A & M College opens   

Feb 07   Nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis, Greek lawyer/diplomat/foreign minister in the year 1872.   

Feb 10   Anne Anema, Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP) in the year 1872.   

Feb 14   1st state bird refuge authorized (Lake Merritt CA) on this day in history.   

Feb 15   On this day in history in Victoria British Columbia, the Provincial Legislature meets for the first time as a Province of Canada   

Feb 20   Hydraulic electric elevator patented by Cyrus Baldwin on this day in history.   

Feb 20   Luther Crowell patents a machine that manufactures paper bags in the year 1872.   

Feb 20   In the year 1872 metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.   

Feb 20   In the year 1872 silas Noble &JP Cooley patents toothpick manufacturing machine   

Feb 21   In the year 1872 pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82   

Feb 22   1st national convention of Prohibition Party (Columbus Ohio) in the year 1872.   

Feb 22   First national convention of the Prohibition Party (Columbus OH) on this day in history.   

Feb 22   On this day in history labor Reform Party formed at Columbus OH   

Feb 24   John Jarvis, England, swimmer (won 108 titles) in the year 1872.   

Feb 27   In the year 1872 charlotte Ray, 1st Black woman lawyer, graduated Howard University   

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Jan 04   Edmund Rumpler, Austria, auto/airplane builder was born in the year 1872.   

Jan 06   In the year 1872 birth of alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus)   

Jan 11   Paul Graener, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   In the year 1872 birth of george Washington Pierce, American physicist (d. 1956)   

Jan 15   In the year 1872 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   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   On this day in history death of james Fisk, American entrepreneur (b. 1834)   

Jan 21   In the year 1872 franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81   

Feb 21   Pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82 in the year 1872.   

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   In the year 1872 death of zeng Guofan, Chinese politician and general (b. 1811)   

Mar 30   Nicolaos Mantzaros, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Apr 01   Frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805) died in the year 1872.