1872 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1872?
- February 20, 1872 – In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens.
- February 22, 1872 – The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee.
- March 1, 1872 – Yellowstone National Park is established as the world’s first national park.
- March 5, 1872 – George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
- March 11, 1872 – The Meiji Japanese government officially annexes the Ryukyu Kingdom into what would become the Okinawa prefecture.
- March 16, 1872 – 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 10, 1872 – Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
- May 22, 1872 – 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.
- September 18, 1872 – King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.
- September 26, 1872 – The first Shriners Temple (called Mecca) is established in New York City.
- October 3, 1872 – Bloomingdale brothers opened their first store at 938 Third Avenue, New York City.
- November 5, 1872 – Women’s suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.
- November 7, 1872 – The ship Mary Celeste sails from New York, eventually to be found deserted
- November 9, 1872 – The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
- November 29, 1872 – Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
- November 30, 1872 – The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
- December 4, 1872 – The crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found by the British brig Dei Gratia (the ship had been abandoned for nine days but was only slightly damaged).
- December 9, 1872 – In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first serving African-American governor of a U.S. state.
- December 21, 1872 – Challenger expedition: HMS Challenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth.
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