Historical Events In 1872

Jan 02   Canada and the US first share telegraphed weather reports on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1872 the first patent list issued by US Patent Office   

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 in the year 1872.   

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

Jan 16   Edward G Craig, actor/director (On the art of theatre) on this day in history.   

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

Jan 20   Calif Stock Exchange Board organized in the year 1872.   

Jan 20   California Stock Exchange Board organized in the year 1872.   

Jan 21   On this day in history frans Beelaerts van Blokland, Dutch foreign minister   

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

Jan 27   Learned Hand, Albany NY, Chief judge (US Court of Appeals) on this day in history.   

Jan 29   On this day in history francis L Cardoza elected State Treasurer of South Carolina   

Jan 31   On this day in history zane Grey, American West novelist (Riders of the Purple Sage)   

Feb 01   On this day in history paul Fort, French poet/founder of Vers et Prose   

Feb 01   In the year 1872 the birth of Paul Fort, French poet.   

Feb 06   In the year 1872 theodor Lessing, writer [or Feb 8]   

Feb 07   On this day in history alcorn A & M College opens   

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

Feb 10   In the year 1872 anne Anema, Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP)   

Feb 14   1st state bird refuge authorized (Lake Merritt CA) in the year 1872.   

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   Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City in the year 1872.   

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

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

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

Feb 22   On this day in history first national convention of the Prohibition Party (Columbus OH)   

Feb 22   Labor Reform Party formed at Columbus OH in the year 1872.   

Feb 24   In the year 1872 john Jarvis, England, swimmer (won 108 titles)   

Feb 27   Charlotte Ray, 1st Black woman lawyer, graduated Howard University in the year 1872.   

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Jan 04   In the year 1872 birth of edmund Rumpler, Austria, auto/airplane builder   

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

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of paul Graener, composer   

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

Jan 16   On this day in history birth of henri-Paul Busser, composer   

Jan 18   In the year 1872 birth of paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami)   

Jan 07   James Fisk, American entrepreneur (b. 1834) died on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1872 death of frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805)