Page 5: Historical Events In 1872

Jul 28   Friedrich Kaiser, astronomer (Kaiser-Compass), dies in the year 1872.   

Jul 30   Clementine, Princess of Belgium, wife of Prince Napoleon Bonaparte in the year 1872.   

Jul 31   On this day in history c H F Peters discovers asteroids #122 Gerda & #123 Brunhild   

Aug 02   On this day in history judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59   

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   On this day in history lowell Mason, US organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80   

Aug 15   On this day in history 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   Aubrey Beardsley, England, artist (Salome) on this day in history.   

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

Aug 23   In the year 1872 the first Japanese commercial ship visits SF, carrying tea   

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

Aug 24   The birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam   

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

Sep 14   On this day in history 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   Yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer, dies at 48 in the year 1872.   

Sep 16   In the year 1872 henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dutch/Flemish actress (Rose Kate)   

Sep 17   In the year 1872 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   On this day in history king Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.   

Sep 20   Maurice Gamelin, French generalissimo on this day in history.   

Sep 21   In the year 1872 john Henry Conyers of SC becomes 1st black student at Annapolis   

Sep 21   In the year 1872 john Henry Conyers of SC becomes first black student at Annapolis   

Sep 22   In the year 1872 luis Villalba Munoz, composer   

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   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   In the year 1872 birth of george Washington Pierce, American physicist (d. 1956)   

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history death of james Fisk, American entrepreneur (b. 1834)   

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   In the year 1872 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   Frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805) died on this day in history.