Page 5: Historical Events In 1872

Jul 28   On this day in history 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 in the year 1872.   

Aug 02   Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59 in the year 1872.   

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) on this day in history.   

Aug 11   In the year 1872 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   On this day in history aubrey Beardsley, England, artist (Salome)   

Aug 23   1st Japanese coml ship visits SF, carrying tea in the year 1872.   

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

Aug 24   Max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review) in the year 1872.   

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

Aug 28   Alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer in the year 1872.   

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   In the year 1872 delilah L Beasley, US author/columnist (Negro trail-blazers)   

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

Sep 10   Karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam in the year 1872.   

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   On this day in history britain pays US$15½m for damages during Civil War   

Sep 14   In the year 1872 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 on this day in history.   

Sep 18   King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway in the year 1872.   

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

Sep 21   John Henry Conyers of SC becomes 1st black student at Annapolis on this day in history.   

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   

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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 in the year 1872.   

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   Edward G Craig, actor/director (On the art of theatre) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 18   Paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   James Fisk, American entrepreneur (b. 1834) died in the year 1872.   

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

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

Mar 04   In the year 1872 death of johannes Carsten Hauch, Danish poet (b. 1790)   

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

Mar 12   On this day in history death of zeng Guofan, Chinese politician and general (b. 1811)   

Mar 30   On this day in history nicolaos Mantzaros, composer, dies at 76   

Apr 01   On this day in history death of frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805)