1872 Calendar
A year scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

1872 Calendar

January
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031   
February
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
    123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
2526272829  
March
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
     12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31      
April
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
282930    
May
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
   1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031 
June
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
      1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30      
July
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031   
August
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
    123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
September
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930     
October
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
  12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  
November
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
     12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
December
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031    

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1872 Historical Event(s)

January 12, 1872 – Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
March 1, 1872 – Yellowstone National Park is established as the world’s first national park.
March 11, 1872 – Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
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.
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 30, 1872 – The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
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.

Who Were Born On 1872?

January 16, 1872 – Edward Gordon Craig, English actor, producer, director and scenic designer (d. 1966)
March 25, 1872 – Horatio Nelson Jackson, American car driver (d. 1955)
April 5, 1872 – Samuel Cate Prescott, American food scientist and microbiologist (d. 1962)
April 14, 1872 – Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-born Islamic scholar and translator (d. 1953)
April 29, 1872 – Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman (d. 1930)
May 14, 1872 – Elia Dalla Costa, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1961)
June 19, 1872 – Theodore Payne, English horticulturist (d. 1963)
August 5, 1872 – Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (d. 1917)
August 9, 1872 – Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Austrian field marshal (d. 1962)
August 13, 1872 – Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Laureate (d. 1942)