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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03 February | Lou Criger / Baseball Player / United States of America |
04 July | Calvin Coolidge / Politician / United States of America |
04 January | Albert Tyler / Educator / United States of America |
06 May | Djemal Pasha / General / Turkey |
08 October | Mary Engle Pennington / Engineer / United States of America |
09 September | Max Reinhardt / Actor / United States of America |
10 August | William Manuel Johnson / Bassist / United States of America |
11 October | Emily Davison / Activist / United Kingdom |
13 September | Kijūrō Shidehara / Politician / Japan |
13 October | Leon Leonwood Bean / Business Man / United States of America |
14 April | Abdullah Yusuf Ali / Scholar / United Kingdom |
16 January | Edward Gordon Craig / Actor / United Kingdom |
16 July | Roald Amundsen / Pilot / Norway |
16 January | Henri Büsser / Composer / France |
19 February | Johan Pitka / Admiral / Estonia |
20 September | Maurice Gamelin / General / France |
21 December | Trevor Kincaid / Academic / United States of America |
27 February | Alexandru Vaida-Voevod / Politician / Romania |
27 June | Paul Laurence Dunbar / Poet / United States of America |
31 January | Zane Grey / Author / United States of America |