BIGpedia - 1872 - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Online

Years: 1869 1870 1871 - 1872 - 1873 1874 1875
Decades: 1840s 1850s 1860s - 1870s - 1880s 1890s 1900s
Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century

1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar).

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1 Events

Events

January 2 - Brigham Young, is arrested for bigamy (25 wives).
January 12 - Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first ruler crowned in that city in over 200 years.
February 20 - In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens.
March 1 - Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park
March 5 - George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
March 5 - The case of Tichborne Claimant decided against the claimant Arthur Orton
March 26 - Earthquake at Lone Pine, California with an estimated magnitude of 7.2 .

November - Ulysses S. Grant defeats Horace Greeley in the U.S. presidential election
November 5 - Women's suffrage: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time (on November 18 she was served an arrest warrant and in the subsequent trial she was fined $100 - she never paid the fine).
November 7 – Mary Celeste sets sail from New York, bound for Genoa
November 9 - Great Boston Fire of 1872: In Boston, Massachusetts, a large fire begins to burn on Lincoln Street (the two day event destroyed about 65 acres (0.3 km²) of city, 776 buildings, much of the financial district and caused US$60 million in damage).
November 27 - Meteor rain display over France
November 29 - Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
November 30 - First ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Scotland.
December 4 - The crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found by the British brig Dei Gratia (the ship was abandoned for 9 days but was only slightly damaged).
December 12 - A meteorite struck earth near Banbury, England.
December 21 - HMS Challenger sails from Portsmouth on the 4 year scientific expedition that would lay the foundation for the science of oceanography

London Metropolitan Police strike.
In the aftermath of the War of the Triple Alliance, new government of Paraguay makes peace with Brazil, grant reparations and territorial concessions
Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition
Foundation of the Kolozsvári Egyetem, the predecessor of the University of Szeged