Historical Events in 1872
32 curated events dated to this year, and 208 musicalized poets on V2Melody were alive then.
18,575 historical events · 670 poets with dates
Use a negative number for BCE (e.g. -44 for 44 BCE). Range: 7000 BC to 2027.
Categories
Leave all unchecked for every category, or pick one or more to narrow the list.
Minimum importance
Search results
Gathering events…
1872
Events dated to this year
Events
32 events-
Friedrich Nietzsche Publishes 'The Birth of Tragedy'
-
HMS Challenger Expedition Begins
-
Scandal and Trial Involving Victoria Woodhull
-
Aboriginal Australian 'Songlines' First Documented by Anthropologists
-
Alice Meynell's Conversion to Roman Catholicism
-
Commencement of the Gotthard Rail Tunnel Blasting
-
First Major Publication: 'The Rose and the Ring'
-
Impressionism Begins with Monet and Renoir
-
Jules Verne Publishes Around the World in Eighty Days
-
Licensing Act 1872 restricts pubs and public drunkenness
-
Montgomery Ward Launches Mail-Order Retail
-
Publication of 'Sketches of Southern Life'
-
Publication of 'The City of the Plague'
-
Publication of 'What Katy Did'
-
Schmidt Proposes Thrombin and Prothrombin
-
Yellowstone Becomes the First U.S. National Park
-
Founding of Mother's Day
-
Fukuzawa Yukichi Publishes 'An Encouragement of Learning'
-
Marriage to Mary Agnes Murphy
-
Ordination as Deacon
-
Queen Victoria Signs Adulteration of Food and Drugs Act (1872)
-
Christina Rossetti Publishes 'Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book'
-
First U.S. Federal Fish Hatchery (Baird Hatchery) Established
-
Graduation from Phillips Exeter Academy
-
Great Boston Fire Exposes Inadequacy of Urban Fire Insurance
-
Meiji Japan Bans Tattooing, Driving Irezumi Underground
-
Mystery of the Mary Celeste
-
Publication of Under the Greenwood Tree
-
The Great Earthquake of 1872 in Owens Valley
-
The Indian Christian Marriage Act Passed
-
Brief Attendance at Oberlin College
-
Marriage to Mary E. Beers
Poets alive in 1872
208 poets
Poets in 1872
We don’t currently have any musicalized poets on V2Melody who were alive in 1872, but we’re always adding more — check back soon.
Nearest in time