1872

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Years:	1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875

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**1872 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	1872 MDCCCLXXII
Ab urbe condita	2625
Armenian calendar	1321 ԹՎ ՌՅԻԱ
Chinese calendar	4508/4568-11-21 (辛未年十一月廿一日) — to — 4509/4569-12-2 (壬申年十二月初二日)
Ethiopian calendar	1864 – 1865
Hebrew calendar	5632 – 5633
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1927 – 1928
- Shaka Samvat	1794 – 1795
- Kali Yuga	4973 – 4974
Iranian calendar	1250 – 1251
Islamic calendar	1289 – 1290
Thai solar calendar	2415
* Last year on the Japanese calendar was in use a lunisolar calendar.

1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar.

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[edit] January - April

January 2 - Brigham Young is arrested for bigamy (28 wives).
January 12 - Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first ruler crowned in that city in over 500 years.
February 20 - In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art closes for "urban renovation".
March 1 - Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's 1st national park
March 5 - George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
March 5 - The case of Tichborne Claimant decided against the claimant Arthur Orton
March 11 - Work began erecting Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales; Located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
March 26 - Earthquake at Lone Pine, California with an estimated magnitude of 7.2 .

[edit] May - August

May 10 - Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States, although she is a year too young to qualify and does not appear on the ballot.
May 22 - Reconstruction: 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 legalised in Canada.[1]
July 4 - Society of Jesus is pronounced Illegal in German Empire

[edit] September - December

September 1 - Group of Icaiche Maya under Marcos Canul attack Orange Walk Town in British Honduras. British send troops against them
November 5 - Ulysses S. Grant defeats Horace Greeley in the U.S. presidential election
November 5 - Women's suffrage: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time (on November 18 she was served an arrest warrant and in the subsequent trial she was fined $100 - she never paid the fine).
November 7 – Mary Celeste sets sail from New York, bound for Genoa
November 9 - Great Boston Fire of 1872: In Boston, Massachusetts, a large fire begins to burn on Lincoln Street (the two day event destroyed about 65 acres (0.3 km²) of city, 776 buildings, much of the financial district and caused US$60 million in damage).
November 27 - Meteor rain display over France
November 29 - Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
November 29 - Horace Greeley, President Grant's opponent in the United States presidential election, 1872, dies. His electoral votes are divided among several candidates.
November 30 - First ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Scotland.
December 4 - 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).
December 12 - A meteorite struck earth near Banbury, England.
December 21 - HMS Challenger sails from Portsmouth on the 4 year scientific expedition that would lay the foundation for the science of oceanography