October 3, 1872 Bloomingdale's department store in New York opens October 3, 1872 Edward Faber Schneider, composer October 8, 1872 John Cowper Powys, British writer (Wood & Stone) October 9, 1872 Aaron Montgomery started his mail-order business October 11, 1872 Harlan Fiske Stone, NH, Supreme Court (1925-41) Chief Justice (41-46) October 12, 1872 Montreal Foot Ball Club 1st game playing Quebec City to 0-0 tie October 12, 1872 Ralph Vaughan Williams, Down Amp England, composer (Hugh the Drover) October 14, 1872 Albrecht FH, prince of Prussia, dies at 63 October 18, 1872 Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun October 19, 1872 World's largest gold nugget (215 kg) found in New South Wales October 21, 1872 Jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer, dies at 78 October 23, 1872 Th‚ophile Gautier, French poet/writer/historian/critic, dies at 61 October 27, 1872 Emily Post, authority on social behavior/writer (Etiquette) October 29, 1872 J S Risdon patents metal windmill November 3, 1872 Paul Panzer, actor (Cat's Paw, Mildred Pierce, Hotel Berlin) November 4, 1872 Herman Finck, composer November 5, 1872 Susan B Anthony fined $100 for trying to vote for Ulysses S Grant November 5, 1872 Ulysses S Grant re-elected U.S. president November 7, 1872 Mary Celeste sails from New York to Genoa; found abandoned 4 weeks later November 7, 1872 US cargo ship Mary Celeste set sail from New York on a journey which ended when it is found mysteriously abandoned the following month