1872
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Centuries: | 18th century - 19th century - 20th century |
Decades: | 1840s 1850s 1860s - 1870s - 1880s 1890s 1900s |
Years: | 1869 1870 1871 - 1872 - 1873 1874 1875 |
1872 was a leap year in the 19th century.
[change] Events
- Levi Strauss invents jeans.
- American department store Montgomery Ward opens for business.
- Huntington's disease is defined for the first time.
- University of Toledo founded in Toledo, Ohio
[change] Births
- January 6 - Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer (d. 1915)
- May 18 - Bertrand Russell, English philosopher and logician (d. 1970)
- July 4 - Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (d. 1933)
- June 6 - Alexandra Fyodorovna, Empress of Russia, wife of Nicholas II (d. 1918)
- July 16 - Roald Amundsen, Norwegian polar explorer (d. 1928)
- August 21 - Aubrey Beardsley, English artist (d. 1898)
- October 12 - Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer (d. 1958)
- October 15 - Edith Bolling Wilson , American First Lady, wife of Woodrow Wilson (d. 1961)
- December 28 - Pio Baroja, Spanish writer (d. 1956)
[change] Deaths
- January 21 - Franz Grillparzer, Austrian writer and poet (b. 1791)
- April 27 - Ion Heliade Rădulescu, Romanian writer and politician (b. 1802)
- June 4 - Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, Dutch politician (b. 1798)
- November 29 - Horace Greeley, American newspaper editor and politician (b. 1811)
- Karolina Bock, Swedish dancer, actress and singer (b. 1792)
- Petros Duryan, Armenian poet (b. 1851)