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1872 in History

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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

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