1872 - What happened in 1872 ?

January 1872

Tuesday 02:

Brigham Young is arrested for bigamy (25 wives).

Friday 12:

Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.

February 1872

Tuesday 20:

In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens.

March 1872

Friday 01:

Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.

Tuesday 05:

George Westinghouse patents the air brake.

Saturday 16:

The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1-0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.

May 1872

Friday 10:

Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.

Wednesday 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 1872

Friday 14:

Trade unions are legalised in Canada.

July 1872

Thursday 18:

Britain introduces voting by secret ballot.

Saturday 20:

The United States Patent Office awards the first patent for wireless telegraphy to Mahlon Loomis.

September 1872

Wednesday 18:

King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.

October 1872

Wednesday 02:

1872 - On this day, Phileas Fogg sets off on his round world trip to return on December 21st or lose £20,000 in the book "Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne

November 1872

Tuesday 05:

Women's suffrage: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.

Saturday 09:

The Great Boston Fire of 1872.

Friday 29:

Indian Wars: Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.

Saturday 30:

First-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Scotland.

December 1872

Wednesday 04:

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).

Monday 09:

P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first serving African American governor of a U.S. state

Thursday 12:

A meteorite struck earth near the town of Banbury, England.

Saturday 21:

HMS Challenger sails from Portsmouth on the 4 year scientific expedition that would lay the foundation for the science of oceanography