January 3, 1872 1st patent list issued by U.S. Patent Office January 4, 1872 Edmund Rumpler, Austria, auto/airplane builder January 6, 1872 Alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus) January 11, 1872 Paul Graener, composer January 16, 1872 Edward G Craig, actor/director (On the art of theatre) January 16, 1872 Henri-Paul Busser, composer January 18, 1872 Paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami) January 20, 1872 California Stock Exchange Board organized January 21, 1872 Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, Dutch foreign minister January 21, 1872 Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81 January 21, 1872 Jonkhr Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, Dutch foreign minister January 27, 1872 Learned Hand, Albany NY, Chief judge (U.S. Court of Appeals) January 29, 1872 Francis L Cardoza elected State Treasurer of South Carolina January 31, 1872 Zane Grey, American West novelist (Riders of the Purple Sage) February 1, 1872 Paul Fort, French poet/founder of Vers et Prose February 6, 1872 Theodor Lessing, writer [or Feb 8] February 7, 1872 Alcorn A & M College opens February 10, 1872 Anne Anema, Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP) February 14, 1872 1st state bird refuge authorized (Lake Merritt, California) February 20, 1872 Hydraulic electric elevator patented by Cyrus Baldwin