Notable Historical Events - 1872
1872 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 3 |
1st patent list issued by US Patent Office |
Jan 12 |
Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years. |
Jan 20 |
California Stock Exchange Board organized |
Jan 29 |
Francis L Cardoza elected State Treasurer of South Carolina |
Feb 7 |
Alcorn A & M College opens |
Feb 14 |
1st state bird refuge authorized (Lake Merritt CA) |
Feb 20 |
Hydraulic electric elevator patented by Cyrus Baldwin |
Feb 20 |
Luther Crowell patents a machine that manufactures paper bags |
Feb 20 |
Metropolitan Museum of Art opens (NYC) |
Feb 20 |
Silas Noble & JP Cooley patents toothpick manufacturing machine |
Feb 22 |
1st national convention of Prohibition Party (Columbus Ohio) |
Feb 27 |
Charlotte Ray, 1st Black woman lawyer, graduated Howard University |
Mar 1 |
Yellowstone becomes world's 1st national park |
Mar 2 |
Louis Riel goes into voluntary exile in St. Paul, Minnesota |
Mar 5 |
George Westinghouse Jr patents triple air brake for trains |
Mar 7 |
-8°F (-22°C ) in Boston, MA |
Mar 11 |
Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain. |
Mar 11 |
The Meiji Japanese government officially annexes the Ryukyu Kingdom into what would become the Okinawa prefecture. |
Mar 16 |
1st FA Cup Final: Wanderers-Royal Engineers 1-0 in Bolton |
Mar 22 |
Illinois becomes 1st state to require sexual equality in employment |
Mar 26 |
7.8 earthquake shakes Owens Valley, California |
Mar 26 |
Thomas J Martin patents fire extinguisher |
Apr 1 |
1st edition of The Standard |
Apr 2 |
George B Brayton patents gasoline powered engine |
Apr 9 |
Samuel R Percy patents dried milk |
Apr 10 |
1st National black convention meets in New Orleans |
Apr 10 |
1st Arbor Day celebrated in Nebraska, later changed to Apr 22 |
Apr 12 |
Jesse James gang robs bank in Columbia, Kentucky (1 dead/$1,500) |
Apr 14 |
Dominion Lands Act passed-Canada's Homestead Act |
Apr 14 |
San Francisco organizes Bar Association |
Apr 20 |
SF Bar Association organized |
Apr 24 |
Volcano Vesuvius erupts |
May 10 |
Victoria Woodhull becomes 1st woman nominated for US presidency by Equal Rights Party at Apollo Hall, NYC |
May 16 |
Metropolitan Gas Company lamps lit for 1st time |
May 17 |
Bohemian Club incorporated in San Francisco |
May 22 |
Amnesty Act restores civil rights to Southerners (except for 500) |
Jun 1 |
6th Belmont: James Roe aboard Joe Daniels wins in 2:58.25 |
Jun 5 |
Republican National Convention meets (Phila) |
Jun 8 |
Congress endorses penny post card |
Jun 14 |
Trade unions are legalised in Canada. |
Jun 18 |
Woman's Suffrage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall |
Jul 9 |
Doughnut cutter patents by John Blondel, Thomaston, Me |
Jul 18 |
The Ballot Act introduces the secret ballot in elections in Britain; previously votes were made openly. |
Jul 30 |
Mahlon Loomis patents wireless telegraphy |
Aug 18 |
1st mail-order catalog issued by A M Ward |
Aug 23 |
1st Japanese coml ship visits SF, carrying tea |
Sep 10 |
Karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam |
Sep 14 |
Britain pays US$15½m for damages during Civil War |
Sep 17 |
Phillip W Pratt patents his sprinkler system for extinguishing fires |
Sep 18 |
King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway. |
Sep 21 |
John Henry Conyers of SC becomes 1st black student at Annapolis |
Sep 24 |
Franz Grillparzer's "Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg" premieres in Vienna |
Sep 26 |
The first Shriners Temple (called Mecca) was established in New York City. |
Sep 29 |
"3 Fingers" Mackenzie destroys Kwahadi-Commanche village |
Sep 29 |
Kiowa-chief Lone Wolf captures Satanta & Big Tree |
Oct 2 |
Morgan State University founded |
Oct 3 |
Bloomingdale's department store in NY opens |
Oct 9 |
Aaron Montgomery started his mail-order business |
Oct 12 |
Montreal Foot Ball Club 1st game playing Quebec City to 0-0 tie |
Oct 19 |
World's largest gold nugget (215 kg) found in New South Wales |
Oct 29 |
J S Risdon patents metal windmill |
Nov 5 |
American women's right to vote advocate Susan B. Anthony votes for Ulysses S. Grant |
Nov 5 |
Ulysses S. Grant re-elected US President |
Nov 7 |
Cargo ship Mary Celeste sails from Staten Island for Genoa; mysteriously found abandoned 4 weeks later. |
Nov 9 |
The Great Boston Fire of 1872. Close to 1,000 buildings destroyed |
Nov 18 |
American suffragette Susan B Anthony is arrested after voting on the 5th November in Rochester NY |
Nov 18 |
Suffragette Susan Brownell Anthony is arrested by a U.S. Deputy Marshal and charged with illegally voting |
Nov 19 |
E.D. Barbour of Boston is awarded the first U.S. patent for the first 'calculator', an adding machine capable of printing totals and subtotals |
Nov 22 |
Franz Grillparzer's "Die Judin von Toledo" premieres in Prague |
Nov 29 |
Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River. |
Nov 30 |
First international soccer game, Scotland-England 0-0 (Glasgow) |
Dec 4 |
The ship the Mary Celeste discovered mysteriously abandoned by her crew in the Atlantic Ocean |
Dec 7 |
HMS Challenger sets sail on 3½ year world oceanographic cruise |
Dec 11 |
1st black US govenor took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La) |
Dec 26 |
4th largest snowfall in NYC history (18") |
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