Historical Events In 1872

Jul 28   In the year 1872 friedrich Kaiser, astronomer (Kaiser-Compass), dies   

Jul 30   In the year 1872 clementine, Princess of Belgium, wife of Prince Napoleon Bonaparte   

Jul 31   C H F Peters discovers asteroids #122 Gerda & #123 Brunhild on this day in history.   

Aug 02   On this day in history judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59   

Aug 03   In the year 1872 haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57)   

Aug 07   Andries C D de Graeff, governor-general of Neth Indies (1926-31) on this day in history.   

Aug 11   On this day in history lowell Mason, US organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80   

Aug 15   On this day in history harold Fraser-Simson, composer   

Aug 18   On this day in history 1st mail-order catalog issued by A M Ward   

Aug 19   Eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Aug 21   Aubrey Beardsley, England, artist (Salome) on this day in history.   

Aug 23   On this day in history 1st Japanese coml ship visits SF, carrying tea   

Aug 23   In the year 1872 the first Japanese commercial ship visits SF, carrying tea   

Aug 24   In the year 1872 max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review)   

Aug 24   The birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist in the year 1872.   

Aug 28   Alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 04   [Rosalie] Julia Cuypers, Flemish actress/wife of Joseph of Lyre on this day in history.   

Sep 07   In the year 1872 antoni Stolpe, composer, dies at 21   

Sep 09   On this day in history delilah L Beasley, US author/columnist (Negro trail-blazers)   

Sep 10   Josephina "Frieda" Herberich, actress (Verdoold Sheep) on this day in history.   

Sep 10   On this day in history karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam   

Sep 13   In the year 1872 ludwig A Feuerbach, German philosopher (Man what he eats), dies at 68   

Sep 14   Britain pays the US $15« M for damages during Civil War on this day in history.   

Sep 14   Britain pays US$15½m for damages during Civil War on this day in history.   

Sep 14   Yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

Sep 16   In the year 1872 henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dutch/Flemish actress (Rose Kate)   

Sep 17   Phillip W Pratt patents his sprinkler system for extinguishing fires in the year 1872.   

Sep 18   Charles XV Louis E, king of Sweden/Norway (1859-72), dies on this day in history.   

Sep 18   King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway on this day in history.   

Sep 20   On this day in history maurice Gamelin, French generalissimo   

Sep 21   In the year 1872 john Henry Conyers of SC becomes 1st black student at Annapolis   

Sep 21   John Henry Conyers of SC becomes first black student at Annapolis in the year 1872.   

Sep 22   On this day in history luis Villalba Munoz, composer   

Sep 24   Franz Grillparzer's "Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg," premieres in Vienna in the year 1872.   

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Jan 04   Edmund Rumpler, Austria, auto/airplane builder was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus)   

Jan 11   Paul Graener, composer was born in the year 1872.   

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of george Washington Pierce, American physicist (d. 1956)   

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   In the year 1872 birth of paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami)   

Jan 07   In the year 1872 death of james Fisk, American entrepreneur (b. 1834)   

Jan 21   Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 04   Johannes Carsten Hauch, Danish poet (b. 1790) died in the year 1872.   

Mar 10   Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary (Giovane Italy), dies at 66 in the year 1872.   

Mar 12   Zeng Guofan, Chinese politician and general (b. 1811) died in the year 1872.   

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.