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1872 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1872nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 872nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 72nd year of the 19th century, and the 3rd year of the 1870s decade. As of the start of 1872, the ...
August – Asa Whitney, merchant and promoter of the first transcontinental railroad (born 1791) August 11 – Lowell Mason, organist and composer (born 1792) September 18 – Augustus Seymour Porter, U.S. Senator from Michigan from 1840 to 1845 (born 1798) September 22 – Garrett Davis, U.S. Senator from Kentucky from 1861 to 1872 (born 1801)
8 March – Priscilla Susan Bury, botanist (born 1799) [12] 11 March – Emily Taylor, writer for children (born 1795) 1 April – Frederick Denison Maurice, theologian (born 1805) 23 May – Henry Bulwer, 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer, politician, diplomat and writer (born 1801) 20 August – William Miller, Scottish children's poet (born 1810)
From left to right, clockwise: Conflict erupts between the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia leading to the Franco-Prussian War in 1870; a fire in Chicago kills approximately 300 people and leaves about another 100,000 people homeless in 1871; Claude Monet's Impression, Sunrise is recognized as the source of inspiration for the Impressionist movement; The U.S. Army is defeated by ...
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
November 1872 events (1 C, 21 P) December 1872 events (1 C, 4 P) This page was last edited on 6 October 2022, at 22:21 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Timeline of cosmological theories; ... The year 1872 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. ... the world's first national park [2] [3]
Other events of 1872 History of France • Timeline • Years: Events from the year 1872 in France. Incumbents ... author and theologian (born 1805) 31 March - Jules ...