In history, year 1872 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1872.
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
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| 17 february | Mariano Gómez, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora, collectivelyknown as Gomburza, were executed in Manila, Philippines, by Spanishcolonial authorities on charges of subversion arising from the 1872Cavite mutiny. |
| 20 february | New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art, today the largest art museum in the United States with a collection of over two million works of art, opened. |
| 01 march | Yellowstone National Park, located primarily in the U.S. stateof Wyoming, the first national park in the world, was established. |
| 16 march | In the first-ever final of the FA Cup, today the oldestassociation football competition in the world, Wanderers F.C. defeatedRoyal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London. |
| 10 may | Victoria Woodhull became the first woman to be nominated as acandidate for President of the United States. |
| 18 november | American suffragette Susan B. Anthony was arrested and fined$100 for having voted in the U.S. presidential election in Rochester,New York, two weeks prior. |
| 30 november | The first-ever international football match took place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England. |
| 04 december | The American brigantine Mary Celeste was found apparentlyabandoned under circumstances which to this day remain unknown. |
| 09 december | P. B. S. Pinchback took office as Governor of Louisiana, thefirst African American governor of a U.S. state. |
| 18 July | Election in Britain brought the secret voting act. Earlier, voting was done openly. |
| 26 September | First temple built in New York City. |
| 19 October | 215 kg), the world's largest gold piece found in New South Wales. |
| 05 November | Ulysses S. Grant was elected President of America for the second time. |
| 30 November | The first official international football match was played. The match between England and Scott Land took place in West of Scotland cricket. |
| 15 August | Birth of Aurobindo who contribute in spirituality, Yoga education and who are involved in getting India independence from British Raj. |
| 12 December | Balkrishna Shivaram Munje, a freedom fighter and president of the Hindu Mahasabha, was born. |
| 10 March | Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi, a leader of India's independence movement, was born. He started the silk movement but this movement failed. |
| 12 January | In Johannes IV Aksum was crowned Ethiopia Emperor, the first ruler of that city in 500 years. |
| 20 February | The Metropolitan Museum of Art was inaugurated in New York City. |
| 01 March | Yellowstone became the first national park in the world. |
| 14 April | The San Francisco Bar Association was organized. |
| 16 May | Metropolitan Gas Company lamps were lit for the first time. |
| 14 June | Trade unions were legalized in Canada. |
| 04 July | The Society of Jesus was outlawed in the German Empire. |
| 22 August | The Australian Overland Telegraph Line was completed, providing for the first time a telegraphic link between Australia and the rest of the world. |
| 26 September | The first Shriners Temple called Mecca) established in New York City. |
| 16 October | University College Wales (later to become the University of Aberystwyth) began its first academic session. |
| 16 November | The London Metropolitan Police began the strike. |
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 01 February | Jerome F. Donovan / Politician / United States of America |
| 03 December | William Haselden / Cartoonist / United Kingdom |
| 03 December | Arthur Charles Hardy / Politician / Canada |
| 03 February | Lou Criger / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 07 November | Leonora Speyer / Poet / United States of America |
| 11 December | René Bull / Photographer / Britain |
| 12 November | William Fay / Actor / Ireland |
| 12 July | Emil Hácha / Politician / Czechoslovakia |
| 13 April | Alexander Roda Roda / Journalist / Austria |
| 16 July | Roald Amundsen / Pilot / Norway |
| 19 February | Johan Pitka / Admiral / Estonia |
| 20 June | George Carpenter / General / United States of America |
| 21 September | Henry Tingle Wilde / Chief Officer / United Kingdom |
| 23 January | Paul Langevin / Academic / France |
| 24 December | Frederick Semple / Golfer / United States of America |
| 24 June | Frank Crowninshield / Journalist / United States of America |
| 26 December | Norman Angell / Journalist / United Kingdom |
| 27 October | Emily Post / Author / United States of America |
| 27 June | Paul Laurence Dunbar / Poet / United States of America |
| 30 November | John McCrae / Soldier / Canada |