Page 5: Historical Events In 1872

Jul 28   On this day in history friedrich Kaiser, astronomer (Kaiser-Compass), dies   

Jul 30   On this day in history 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   In the year 1872 haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57)   

Aug 07   On this day in history andries C D de Graeff, governor-general of Neth Indies (1926-31)   

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

Aug 15   On this day in history harold Fraser-Simson, composer   

Aug 18   1st mail-order catalog issued by A M Ward in the year 1872.   

Aug 19   In the year 1872 eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer, dies at 63   

Aug 21   On this day in history aubrey Beardsley, England, artist (Salome)   

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

Aug 23   The first Japanese commercial ship visits SF, carrying tea in the year 1872.   

Aug 24   Max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review) on this day in history.   

Aug 24   In the year 1872 the birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist   

Aug 28   On this day in history alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer   

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

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

Sep 09   Delilah L Beasley, US author/columnist (Negro trail-blazers) on this day in history.   

Sep 10   Josephina "Frieda" Herberich, actress (Verdoold Sheep) in the year 1872.   

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

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

Sep 14   Britain pays the US $15« M for damages during Civil War in the year 1872.   

Sep 14   Britain pays US$15½m for damages during Civil War in the year 1872.   

Sep 14   Yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer, dies at 48 in the year 1872.   

Sep 16   Henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dutch/Flemish actress (Rose Kate) in the year 1872.   

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

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

Sep 18   King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway on this day in history.   

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   John Henry Conyers of SC becomes first black student at Annapolis on this day in history.   

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

Sep 24   Franz Grillparzer's "Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg," premieres in Vienna on this day in history.   

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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   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 in the year 1872.   

Jan 16   In the year 1872 birth of edward G Craig, actor/director (On the art of theatre)   

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

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

Feb 21   On this day in history 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   On this day in history giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary (Giovane Italy), dies at 66   

Mar 12   Zeng Guofan, Chinese politician and general (b. 1811) died in the year 1872.   

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

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