Historical Events In 1872

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

Jul 30   Clementine, Princess of Belgium, wife of Prince Napoleon Bonaparte on this day in history.   

Jul 31   In the year 1872 c H F Peters discovers asteroids #122 Gerda & #123 Brunhild   

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

Aug 03   Haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57) in the year 1872.   

Aug 07   Andries C D de Graeff, governor-general of Neth Indies (1926-31) in the year 1872.   

Aug 11   Lowell Mason, US organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80 in the year 1872.   

Aug 15   In the year 1872 harold Fraser-Simson, composer   

Aug 18   In the year 1872 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   On this day in history aubrey Beardsley, England, artist (Salome)   

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

Aug 23   The first Japanese commercial ship visits SF, carrying tea on this day in history.   

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

Aug 24   On this day in history the birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist   

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

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

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   On this day in history josephina "Frieda" Herberich, actress (Verdoold Sheep)   

Sep 10   In the year 1872 karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam   

Sep 13   Ludwig A Feuerbach, German philosopher (Man what he eats), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

Sep 14   In the year 1872 britain pays the US $15« M for damages during Civil War   

Sep 14   In the year 1872 britain pays US$15½m for damages during Civil War   

Sep 14   On this day in history yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer, dies at 48   

Sep 16   Henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dutch/Flemish actress (Rose Kate) on this day in history.   

Sep 17   On this day in history phillip W Pratt patents his sprinkler system for extinguishing fires   

Sep 18   Charles XV Louis E, king of Sweden/Norway (1859-72), dies in the year 1872.   

Sep 18   In the year 1872 king Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.   

Sep 20   Maurice Gamelin, French generalissimo in the year 1872.   

Sep 21   On this day in history john Henry Conyers of SC becomes 1st black student at Annapolis   

Sep 21   On this day in history john Henry Conyers of SC becomes first black student at Annapolis   

Sep 22   Luis Villalba Munoz, composer on this day in history.   

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

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Next Page »

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

Jan 06   Alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 11   George Washington Pierce, American physicist (d. 1956) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 15   Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (d. 1944) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 21   Pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 30   Nicolaos Mantzaros, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1872.   

Apr 01   In the year 1872 death of frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805)