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

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

Apr 01 Frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805) died on this day in history.  

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

Apr 09 In the year 1872 death of erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (b. 1794)  

Apr 12 On this day in history death of nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (b. 1795)  

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

Apr 27 On this day in history ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician/author, dies at 70  

May 01 Amalia, princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, dies in the year 1872.  

May 15 On this day in history thomas Hastings, composer, dies at 87  

May 17 In the year 1872 fryderyk Edward Sobolewski, composer, dies at 63  

May 19 Johan van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Wordbook), dies at 44 on this day in history.  

May 24 Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, painter, dies in the year 1872.  

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 In the year 1872 death of norman MacLeod, Scottish clergyman (b. 1812)  

Jun 28 Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 26 Michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1872.  

Aug 11 In the year 1872 lowell Mason, US organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80  

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

Sep 02 In the year 1872 death of nicolai Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher (b. 1783)  

Sep 07 On this day in history antoni Stolpe, composer, dies at 21  

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

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 In the year 1872 birth of paul Graener, composer  

Jan 11 George Washington Pierce, American physicist (d. 1956) was born in the year 1872.  

Jan 15 In the year 1872 birth of arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (d. 1944)  

Jan 16 Edward G Craig, actor/director (On the art of theatre) was born in the year 1872.  

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

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