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Year 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar The twentieth century of the Common Era began on See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Events and trends Technology First use of General anesthesia in an operation by Crawford Long. Events and Trends Industry Production of Steel revolutionized by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA was completed in 1869 Events and Trends Technology The invention of the prototype telephone by Alexander G Events and Trends Technology Development and commercial production of Electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the " Mauve Decade" because William Henry Perkin 's aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1872 in Archaeology. See also 1871 in archaeology, other events of 1872, 1873 in archaeology and the List of years The year 1872 in architecture involved some significant events Events February 20 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City Works Paintings The year 1872 in literature involved some significant new books Events Awards Works published Alfred Domett, Ranolf and Amohia, epic poem in a Maori setting New Zealand Events Friedrich Nietzsche takes up musical composition again after a long break The year 1872 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below Baseball The National Association (NA permits Pitching with a wrist snap practically legalizing the Mutual of New York (NA. Events March events March &ndash John A Dix succeeds Jay Gould as president of the Erie Railroad. See also 1871 in Australia, other events of 1872, 1873 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. See also 1871 in Canada, other events of 1872, 1873 in Canada and the List of 'years in Canada'. Events Ulster Hospital for Women and Sick Children is opened in Chichester Street Belfast. Incumbents Regal and Vice Regal Head of State - Queen Victoria Governor – Sir George Ferguson Bowen Events October 7 The railway line Drammenbanen between Oslo and Drammen is opened See also 1871 in South Africa, other events of 1872, 1873 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history. See also 1871 in the United States, other events of 1872, 1873 in the United States] Events January 2 - Brigham Incumbents Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - William Gladstone, Liberal List of state leaders in 1871 - Events of 1872 - List of state leaders in 1873 - State leaders by year ---- Africa Portugal Angola - José Maria da Ponte e Horta, Governor-General of Angola ( 1870 - 1873) Roman numerals are a Numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. This is the Calendar for any Leap year starting on Monday ( Dominical letter GF) such as 1996. The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today This is the Calendar for any Leap year starting on Saturday ( Dominical letter BA) such as 2000. The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita It was a year in the 19th Century.

Contents 1 Events of 1872 1.1 January - June 1.2 July - December 1.3 Undated 2 Births 2.1 January - June 2.2 July - December 3 Deaths 3.1 January - June 3.2 July - December 4 References

Events of 1872

January - June

• January 2 - Brigham Young is arrested for polygamy (28 wives). Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Brigham Young (June 1 1801 &ndash August 29 1877 was an American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. The term polygamy (a Greek word meaning "the practice of multiple marriage" is used in related ways in Social anthropology, Sociobiology, and
• January 12 - Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first ruler crowned in that city in over 500 years. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Emperor Yohannes IV ( Ge'ez ዮሓንስ Yōḥānnis, Amharic Yōhānnis, also known as "John" c NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Axum, or Aksum, is a City in northern Ethiopia named after the Kingdom of Aksum, a naval and trading power that ruled from the region ca
• February 13 - Rex, the most famous parade on Mardi Gras day, parades in New Orleans for Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia
• February 20 - In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art closes for "urban renovation". Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed " Mardi Gras " ( French for Fat Tuesday) is the day before Ash Wednesday. New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia (Russian Алексей Михайлович ( December 28, 1875 - March 2, 1895) was the youngest Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment The City of New York The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an art museum located on the eastern edge of Central Park, along what is known as Museum Mile in New York City,
• March 1 - In the United States, Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A national park is a reserve of land usually declared and owned by a national Government, protected from most Human development and pollution
• March 5
  • George Westinghouse patents the "failsafe" automatic railway air brake. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a George Westinghouse Jr ( 6 October 1846 &ndash 12 March 1914) was an American Entrepreneur and Engineer An air brake is a conveyance braking system applied by means of compressed air.
  • The case of Tichborne Claimant decided against the claimant Arthur Orton. The affair of the Tichborne claimant was the celebrated 19th-century legal case in the United Kingdom of Arthur Orton (1834&ndash1898 an Imposter who
• March 11 - Work began erecting Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales; Located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain. Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty Seven Sisters (Blaendulais source of the (river Dulais is a Village in the Dulais Valley Wales, UK. South Wales (De Cymru is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south and Mid Wales and West Wales See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands
• March 26 - Earthquake at Lone Pine, California with an estimated magnitude of 7. Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer Lone Pine is a Census-designated place (CDP in Inyo County, California, United States. 2.
• May 10 - Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States, although she is a year too young to qualify and does not appear on the ballot. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Victoria Claflin Woodhull ( September 23, 1838 &ndash June 9, 1927) was an American suffragist who was publicized The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by
• May 22 - Reconstruction: U. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. S. President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act of 1872 into law restoring full civil rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers. Ulysses S Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27 1822 &ndash July 23 1885 was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States The Amnesty Act of May 23, 1872 was a United States federal law that removed voting restrictions and office-holding disqualification against most of the The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861
• June 14 - Trade unions legalised in Canada. Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page ^[1]

July - December

• July 4 - Society of Jesus is pronounced illegal in the German Empire. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order The German Empire is the name commonly used in English to describe Germany from 1871 to 1918 when it was a semi- Constitutional monarchy: beginning with the Unification
• August 22 - The Overland Telegraph is completed in Australia, providing a telegraphic link between Australia and the rest of the world for the first time. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. The Australian Overland Telegraph Line was a 3200 km Telegraph line that connected Darwin with Port Augusta in South Australia.
• September 1 - Group of Icaiche Maya under Marcos Canul attack Orange Walk Town in British Honduras. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. The Maya peoples constitute a diverse range of the Native American peoples of southern Mexico and northern Central America. Orange Walk Town is the second largest Town in the nation of Belize, with a population of about 18000 British Honduras was the former name of what is now the independent nation of Belize and was a British colony on the east coast of Central British send troops against them.
• September 26 - The first Shriners Temple (called Mecca) was established in New York City. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a The Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, commonly known as Shriners and abbreviated A The City of New York
• October 1 - The Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College began its first academic session. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. The university was later renamed Virginia Tech
• November 5
  • Ulysses S. Grant defeats Horace Greeley in the U.S. presidential election. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, better known as Virginia Tech, is a public land grant polytechnic University in Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Ulysses S Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27 1822 &ndash July 23 1885 was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States Horace Greeley ( February 3, 1811 &ndash November 29, 1872) was an American editor of a leading newspaper, a founder Please DO NOT flip the colors --> In the United States presidential election of 1872, incumbent President Ulysses S
  • Women's suffrage: In defiance of the law, American suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time (on November 18 she was served an arrest warrant and in the subsequent trial she was fined $100 - she never paid the fine). Susan Brownell Anthony ( February 15, 1820 &ndash March 13, 1906) was a prominent American Civil rights leader who played Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull
• November 7 - Mary Celeste sets sail from New York, bound for Genoa. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat The Mary Celeste (sometimes incorrectly spelled Marie Celeste was a Brigantine discovered in the Atlantic Ocean unmanned and under sail
• November 9 - Great Boston Fire of 1872: In Boston, Massachusetts, a large fire begins to burn on Lincoln Street (the two day event destroyed about 65 acres (0. Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all The Great Boston Fire of 1872 was Boston 's largest urban fire and still one of the most costly fire-related property losses in American history 3 km²) of city, 776 buildings, much of the financial district and caused US$60 million in damage).
• November 27 - Meteor shower display over France. Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont A meteor shower, some of which are known as a "meteor storm" or "meteor outburst" is a celestial event where a group of meteors are observed to radiate from one point
• November 29
  • Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River. Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe The Modoc War, or Modoc Campaign (also known as the Lava Beds War) was an armed conflict between the Native American Modoc tribe and the
  • November 29 - Horace Greeley, President Ulysses S. Grant's opponent in the 1872 U.S. presidential election, dies. Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Horace Greeley ( February 3, 1811 &ndash November 29, 1872) was an American editor of a leading newspaper, a founder Ulysses S Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27 1822 &ndash July 23 1885 was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States Please DO NOT flip the colors --> In the United States presidential election of 1872, incumbent President Ulysses S His electoral votes are divided among several candidates.
• November 30 - First ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Scotland; the result is Scotland 0, England 0. Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Hamilton Crescent is a Cricket ground located in the Partick area of Glasgow, Scotland. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ^[2]
• December 4 - The crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found by the British brig Dei Gratia. "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Mary Celeste (sometimes incorrectly spelled Marie Celeste was a Brigantine discovered in the Atlantic Ocean unmanned and under sail The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
• December 21 - HMS Challenger sails from Portsmouth on the 4 year scientific expedition that would lay the foundation for the science of oceanography. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian The Challenger Expedition was a scientific expedition that made many discoveries to lay the foundation of Oceanography. History See also History of Portsmouth There have been settlements in the area since before Roman times mostly being offshoots of Portchester, which Oceanography (from the greek words Ωκεανός meaning Ocean and γράφω meaning to write also called oceanology or

Undated

• Louis Ducos du Hauron creates the first color photograph. Louis Arthur Ducos du Hauron ( 8 December 1837&ndash 31 August 1920 was a French pioneer of Color photography. "Color film" redirects here For the motion picture equivalent see Color motion picture film. [1]
• London Metropolitan Police strike. "Metropolitan Police" redirects here See also Metropolitan police.
• In the aftermath of the War of the Triple Alliance, new government of Paraguay makes peace with Brazil, grant reparations and territorial concessions. The War of the Triple Alliance, also known as the Paraguayan War, and the Great War in Paraguay itself was fought from 1864 to 1870 and caused more deaths than any Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay ( Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guaraní: Tetã Paraguái) is one of the only |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld
• Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition. The Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition was an expedition that ran from 1872-74 and discovered Franz-Josef Land.
• Foundation of the Kolozsvári Egyetem, the predecessor of the University of Szeged. The University of Szeged is one of the most distinguished universities in Hungary and in Central Europe.
• US government geologist Clarence King reveals the diamond hoax in Wyoming. Clarence King ( January 6, 1842 &ndash December 24, 1901) was an American geologist and Mountaineer. The diamond hoax of 1872 triggered a brief Diamond craze along the borders of Wyoming and Colorado, USA. The State of Wyoming ( is a sparsely populated state in the western region of the United States.
• Thomas Hardy anonymously publishes his romantic novel Under the Greenwood Tree
• The magazine popular science is first created

Births

1872 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1872 MDCCCLXXII
Ab urbe condita	2625
Armenian calendar	1321 ԹՎ ՌՅԻԱ
Bahá'í calendar	28 – 29
Berber calendar	2822
Buddhist calendar	2416
Burmese calendar	1234
Chinese calendar	4508/4568-11-21 (辛未年十一月廿一日) — to — 4509/4569-12-2 (壬申年十二月初二日)
Coptic calendar	1588 – 1589
Ethiopian calendar	1864 – 1865
Hebrew calendar	5632 – 5633
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1927 – 1928
- Shaka Samvat	1794 – 1795
- Kali Yuga	4973 – 4974
Holocene calendar	11872
Iranian calendar	1250 – 1251
Islamic calendar	1288 – 1289
Japanese calendar	Meiji 5 (明治5年)
Korean calendar	4205
Thai solar calendar	2415
* Last year on the Japanese calendar was in use a lunisolar calendar. Thomas Hardy OM (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928 was an English novelist Short story writer and poet of the naturalist movement though he saw Under the Greenwood Tree or The Mellstock Quire A Rural Painting of the Dutch School is a novel by Thomas Hardy, published anonymously in 1872. For the 1935-1949 film series see Popular Science (film. Popular Science is an American monthly Magazine founded in 1872 The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious Calendar Events Births Deaths Calendar Events Births Deaths The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری ‎ Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays The, or Meiji era, denotes the 45-year reign of the Meiji Emperor, running in the Gregorian calendar, from 23 October 1868 to 30 July The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays A lunisolar calendar is a Calendar in many Cultures whose date indicates both the Moon phase and the time of the solar Year.
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January - June

• January 6 - Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer (d. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Скря́бин Aleksandr Nikolaevič Skrjabin; sometimes transliterated as Skriabin 1915)
• January 23 - Gotse Delchev, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Georgi Nikolov Delchev (1872-1903 ( Bulgarian and Macedonian: Георги Николов Делчев was an important 19th century revolutionary figure in The Bulgarians (българи balgari) are a South Slavic people generally associated with the Republic of Bulgaria and the Bulgarian language 1903)
• January 31 - Zane Grey, American writer (d. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Zane Grey ( January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure Novels and 1939)
• February 1 - Jerome F. Donovan, American politician (d. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Jerome Francis Donovan ( February 1[[ 872]] - November 2[[ 949]] was a United States Representative from New York. 1949)
• March 7 - Piet Mondrian, Dutch painter (d. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Pieter Cornelis (Piet Mondriaan, after 1912 Mondrian, (pronounced Dutch pit 'mɔndrian later pit 'mɔndɹiɔn ( March 7, 1872 &ndash February 1944)
• March 24 - J.C. Wienecke, Dutch/German medallist (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland Johannes Cornelis Wienecke ( Heiligenstadt, 24 March 1872 - Apeldoorn, 11 August[[ 945]] was a Dutch medallist 1945)
• April 29 - Harry Payne Whitney, businessman, horse breeder (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Harry Payne Whitney ( April 29 1872 - October 26 1930) was an American businessman Thoroughbred horsebreeder and member of the prominent 1930)
• May 18 - Bertrand Russell, English philosopher and mathematician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (d. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Bertrand Arthur William Russell 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970 was a British Philosopher, Historian The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1970)
• May 21 - Henry Warren, Inventor of the first commercially viable electric clock, the Telechron
• May 31
  • Charles Greeley Abbot, American astrophysicist (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Henry White Warren (1831-1912 was an American Methodist Episcopal Bishop and Author, brother of William Fairfield Warren Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Charles Greeley Abbot ( May 31, 1872 &ndash December 17, 1973) was an American Astrophysicist, Astronomer 1973)
  • Heath Robinson, British cartoonist and illustrator (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. William Heath Robinson ( May 31 1872 &ndash September 13 1944) was an English Cartoonist and Illustrator 1944)
• June 20 - George Carpenter, the 5th General of The Salvation Army (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. George Lyndon Carpenter ( June 20, 1872 &ndash April 9, 1948) was the 5th General of The Salvation Army (1939-1946 The Salvation Army is a Christian charity and church that is internally organised like a military service. 1948)
• June 27 - Paul Laurence Dunbar, American poet and publisher (d. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Paul Laurence Dunbar' ( June 27, 1872 February 9, 1906) was a seminal American Poet of the late 19th and early 20th 1906)

July - December

• July 1 - Louis Blériot, French aviation pioneer (d. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Louis Blériot ( July 1 1872 in Cambrai, France &ndash August 1 1936 in Paris, France) was a 1936)
• July 4 - Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States (d. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples John Calvin Coolidge Jr (July 4 1872 January 5 1933 was the thirtieth President of the United States (1923–1929 The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by 1933)
• July 16 - Roald Amundsen, Norwegian polar explorer (d. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (ˈɾuːɑl ˈɑmʉnsən ( July 16, 1872 – c 1928)
• August 3 - King Haakon VII of Norway (d. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Haakon VII (Prince Carl of Denmark born Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel) (3 August 1872 in Charlottenlund 21 September 1957 in Oslo) 1957)
• August 9 - Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Austrian field marshal (d. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus Archduke Joseph August Viktor Klemens Maria of Austria Prince of Hungary and Bohemia ( 9 August 1872 &ndash 6 July 1962) was the eldest 1962)
• August 10 - Bill Johnson, American jazz musician (d. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire William Manuel "Bill" Johnson ( August 10, 1872 &ndash December 3, 1972) was an American Jazz Musician 1972)
• August 13 - Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Richard Martin Willstätter ( August 13, 1872 – August 3, 1942) was a German Organic chemist whose study of the structure The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature 1942)
• August 15 - Sri Aurobindo, Indian nationalist, writer, and mystic (d. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Sri Aurobindo (শ্রী অরবিন্দ Sri Ôrobindo) ( August 15, 1872 – December 5, 1950) was an Indian 1950)
• August 21 - Aubrey Beardsley, British artist (d. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Aubrey Vincent Beardsley ( August 21, 1872 &ndash March 16, 1898) was an influential English 1898)
• October 11 - Harlan F. Stone, Chief Justice of the United States (d. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Harlan Fiske Stone ( October 11 1872 – April 22 1946) was an American Lawyer and jurist. The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the judicial branch of the government of the United States, and presides over the U 1946)
• November 30 - John McCrae, Canadian soldier and poet (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander McCrae ( November 30, 1872 &ndash January 28, 1918) was a Canadian Poet 1918)
• December 21 - Don Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer (d. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Monsignor Lorenzo Perosi ( 21 December 1872 - 12 October 1956) was an Italian Composer of Sacred music and the only 1956)
• December 26 - Norman Angell, British politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Sir Ralph Norman Angell (born 26 December 1872 and died 7 October 1967) was an English lecturer writer and Member of Parliament The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1967)

See also Category: 1872 births. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar.

Deaths

January - June

• January 7 - Big Jim Fisk, American financier (b. Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental James Fisk Jr ( April 1, 1834 &ndash January 6, 1872) known variously as "Big Jim" "Diamond Jim" and "Jubilee Jim" 1834)
• January 21 - Franz Grillparzer, Austrian writer (b. Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer ( January 15, 1791 – January 21, 1872) an Austrian dramatic Poet, was born in 1791)
• March/April Mercator Cooper, American sea captain (b. Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Mercator Cooper ( September 29, 1803 - Spring 1872 was a ship's captain who is credited with the first formal American visit to Tokyo and the 1803)
• March 20 - William Wentworth, Australian explorer (b. 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. William Charles Wentworth (13 August 1790 – 20 March 1872 was an Australian poet explorer journalist and politician and one of the leading figures of early colonial New South 1790)
• April 1 - Frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne John Frederick Denison Maurice ( 29 August 1805 - 1 April 1872) was an English theologian and socialist. 1805)
• April 2 - Samuel Morse, American inventor (b. Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Samuel Finley Breese Morse ( April 27, 1791 &ndash April 2, 1872) was an American painter of portraits and historic 1791)
• June 4 - Stanisław Moniuszko, Polish composer (b. Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Stanisław Moniuszko (born May 5, 1819 in Ubiel near Minsk - June 4, 1872 in Warsaw, Congress Poland) was a 1819)
• June 4 - Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, Dutch politician (b. Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. ( January 14, 1798 – June 4, 1872) was one of the most important Dutch politicians 1798)
• June 20 - Elie Frédéric Forey, Marshal of France (b. Year 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Élie Frédéric Forey ( 10 January 1804 - 20 June 1872) was a Marshal of France. 1804)

July - December

• July 18 - Benito Juárez, President of Mexico (b. Year 1804 ( MDCCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Benito Pablo Juárez García (benit̪o paβ̞lo xwaɾes gaɾsia ( March 21, 1806 – July 18, 1872) was a Zapotec Amerindian The Constitutional Citizen President of the United Mexican States (the official title in Spanish is Ciudadano Presidente Constitucional de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos 1806)
• August 19 - Charles XV, King of Sweden and Norway (b. Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. Biography He was born in Stockholm Palace and dubbed Duke of Skåne at birth 1826)
• September 10 - Avram Iancu, Romanian Transylvanian insurgent (b. For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. This page refers to the historical figure For other uses see Avram Iancu (disambiguation Avram Iancu' (1824 in Vidra Sus today 1824)
• September 13 - Ludwig Feuerbach, German philosopher (b. Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Ludwig Andreas von Feuerbach ( July 28, 1804 &ndash September 13, 1872) was a German Philosopher and Anthropologist 1804)
• October 23 - Théophile Gautier, French writer (b. Year 1804 ( MDCCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - See also Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier ( August 30, 1811 – October 23, 1872) was a French Poet, Dramatist 1811)
• November 28 - Mary Somerville, British mathematician (b. Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Mary Somerville' ( December 26, 1780 &ndash November 28, 1872) was a Scottish Science writer and Polymath 1780)
• November 29 - Horace Greeley, newspaper editor and presidential candidate (b. Year 1780 ( MDCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Horace Greeley ( February 3, 1811 &ndash November 29, 1872) was an American editor of a leading newspaper, a founder 1811)
• December 15 - Lady Beaconsfield, wife of Benjamin Disraeli (b. Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Mary Anne Disraeli 1st Viscountess Beaconsfield ( 11 November 1792 - 15 December 1872) born Mary Anne Evans, married Wyndham Benjamin Disraeli 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS (born Benjamin D'Israeli; 21 December 1804 &ndash 19 April 1881 was 1792)

See also Category: 1872 deaths. Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year

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