1872

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( 1870s: )     1872
year 1872

Events

January–March

• January 12 – Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first ruler crowned in that city in over 500 years.
• February 2 – The government of the United Kingdom buys a number of forts on the Gold Coast, from the Netherlands.
• February 20 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
• March 1 – In the United States, Yellowstone National Park (once dubbed "Colter's Hell" after John Colter, of the Lewis and Clark Expedition) is established as the world's first national park.

April–June

• April 21 – The Third Carlist War begins in northern Spain. Don Carlos, Duke of Madrid (the Carlist pretender Carlos VII) appoints General Rada commander-in-chief in Spain, and calls for a general rising.
• May
• May 15 – The New Zealand Wars end after 17 years, with the conclusion of Te Kooti's War; Maori spiritual leader Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuk crosses the Waikato River, and enters the territory of the Māori King Tāwhiao, where he is granted asylum.
• May 22 - Reconstruction: U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act of 1872 into law, restoring full civil rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
• June 14 – Trade unions are legalised in Canada.

July–September

• July 1 – Thomas François Burgers becomes State President of the South African Republic.
• July 4 - The Society of Jesus is pronounced illegal in the German Empire.
• July 18 – Mexican President Benito Juarez dies of a heart attack, and Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada becomes interim president.
• August 22 – The Australian Overland Telegraph Line is completed, providing a telegraphic link between Australia and the rest of the world for the first time.
• September 17 – Shiseido Pharmacy Shop, as predecessor of Shiseido, a major cosmetics brand in worldwide, founded in Ginza, Tokyo, Japan.Template:Page needed
• September 18 – Upon the death of King Charles XV of Sweden and Norway, he is succeeded as King of both crowns by his brother Oscar II.
• September 26 – The first Shriners Temple (called Mecca) is established in New York City.

October–December

• October 1 - The first case is reported in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, of the Great Epizootic of 1872 (equine influenza, or the "horse flu") which will substantially disrupt life in North America by mid-December.
• November 5
  • U.S. presidential election, 1872: Ulysses S. Grant defeats Horace Greeley.
• November 16 – The first ever Metropolitan Police strike
• November 29 - Horace Greeley, President Ulysses S. Grant's opponent in this year's U.S. presidential election, dies. His electoral votes are divided among several candidates.
• December 1- Responsible government is granted to Cape Colony (South Africa). Sir John Molteno, first Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope, forms the first Cape Cabinet
• December 3 – George Smith presents the first translation of the Epic of Gilgamesh, to a meeting of the Society of Biblical Archaeology in London.
• December 4 – The now-crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found (still seaworthy) by the British brig Dei Gratia in the Atlantic.
• December 14 - President Ulysses S. Grant establishes the San Carlos Apache Reservation, in southeastern Arizona.
• December 21 – Challenger expedition: HMS Challenger sails from Portsmouth, England on the 4-year scientific expedition that lays the foundation for the science of oceanography.

Date unknown

• In the aftermath of the Paraguayan War, the new government of Paraguay makes peace with Brazil, grants reparations and territorial concessions.
• Under Japan's Meiji Restoration:
  • A conscription law, modeled on the French version, is issued.
  • Universal public schools are called for.
• S. T. Dupont begins manufacture of luxury leather goods in France.
• Kimberly, Clark and Co. is founded in Neenah, Wisconsin by John A. Kimberly, Charles B. Clark, Havilah Babcock and Franklyn C. Shattuck.
• Schenker, as predecessor of DB Schenker, a logistics and freight transport worldwide, founded in Vienna, Austria.
• Versicherung-Verein, as predecessor of Zurich Insurance Group was founded.

 

Events

Event	Start	End
Pax Brittanica	1815	1915
Victorian era	1840	1901

 

New Groups

Group	Image	Type	Description
Sciences Po			Many members of the French public service have studied at the institution.
Aberystwyth University		Public	Welsh University
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University		PublicLand-GrantSpace-GrantSea-GrantSenior Military College
Saint Peter's University		Research Military ranks Non-profit Coeducational.Jesuit	Private Jesuit university in Jersey City, New Jersey.

 

A Death

Title	Born	Died	Summary
William H. Seward	16 May 1801	10 October 1872	Politician Deep state actor

 

Births

Title	Born	Place of birth	Died	Summary	Description
Lionel Curtis	1872		1955	Academic Deep state operative	Senior UK deep state operative, the first honorary secretary of Chatham House
Nicolai Rygg	29 February 1872	Stavanger	27 September 1957	Economist Central banker Deep state actor	Norwegian economist and Governor of the Central Bank of Norway (Norges Bank). His "independent" economic austerity policies contributed to the severe economic troubles in the 1920s and 1930s. He was behind the 1928 toppling of the first Labour Party cabinet in Norway, which only sat for sixteen days. He continued to work in an "unpolitical" role during the German occupation 1940-45.
Josiah Wedgwood IV	16 March 1872		26 July 1943	Politician
Michael Joseph Savage	23 March 1872	Australia Tatong Victoria (Australia)	27 March 1940	Politician
Bertrand Russell	18 May 1872	Trellech Monmouthshire UK	2 February 1970	Activist Philosopher Propagandist	UK philosopher and pacifist
Paul-Emile Janson	30 May 1872	Belgium Brussels	3 March 1944		Belgian liberal politician and prime minister.
Calvin Coolidge	4 July 1872	United States Plymouth Notch Vermont	5 January 1933	Lawyer
Oscar Callaway	2 October 1872	Texas Rusk County	31 January 1947	Politician	US politician who said that J. P. Morgan and others were buying up newspapers.
Harlan Stone	11 October 1872		22 April 1946	Judge	Sullivan & Cromwell partner, then Supreme Court judge
Benjamin Strong	22 December 1872	New York US Fishkill-on-Hudson	16 October 1928	Banker Deep politician	Member of The Money Trust, Governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for the first 14 years of the Fed's existence

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