Famous Deaths Happened In 1872

Jan 07 On this day in history death of james Fisk, American entrepreneur (b. 1834)  

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

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

Mar 04 On this day in history death of johannes Carsten Hauch, Danish poet (b. 1790)  

Mar 10 On this day in history 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 On this day in history death of frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805)  

Apr 02 Samuel F B Morse developer of electric telegraph, dies at 80 in the year 1872.  

Apr 09 On this day in history death of erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (b. 1794)  

Apr 12 Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (b. 1795) died in the year 1872.  

Apr 20 In the year 1872 ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62  

Apr 27 Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician/author, dies at 70 in the year 1872.  

May 01 In the year 1872 amalia, princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, dies  

May 15 Thomas Hastings, composer, dies at 87 in the year 1872.  

May 17 Fryderyk Edward Sobolewski, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1872.  

May 19 In the year 1872 johan van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Wordbook), dies at 44  

May 24 Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, painter, dies on this day in history.  

Jun 03 Heinrich Esser, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1872.  

Jun 04 Johan R Thorbecke, literature/liberal premier, dies in the year 1872.  

Jun 16 On this day in history death of norman MacLeod, Scottish clergyman (b. 1812)  

Jun 28 Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1872.  

Jul 18 On this day in history benito Juarez, Cuban justice/general (battle of Acapulco), dies at 66  

Jul 26 In the year 1872 michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84  

Jul 28 Friedrich Kaiser, astronomer (Kaiser-Compass), dies on this day in history.  

Aug 02 Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 19 Eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1872.  

Sep 02 Nicolai Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher (b. 1783) died on this day in history.  

Sep 07 Antoni Stolpe, composer, dies at 21 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Sep 22 Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer (b. 1801) died 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 Alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus) was born in the year 1872.  

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

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

Jan 16 Henri-Paul Busser, composer was born in the year 1872.  

Jan 18 On this day in history birth of paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami)