Historical figures in 1872
The atlas holds 31 people and 46 moments here, in 1872. The most recorded lives are Giuseppe Verdi, Emperor Meiji and Karl Marx. Among them Writers, Musicians and Composers and Performers.
Notable people
Abai Qunanbaiuly
in 1872
1 moment here
Kazakh poet, composer, philosopher, translator, public figure, and foundational figure in Kazakh written literature.…
Alexander Graham Bell
in 1872
1 moment here
Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist, teacher of the deaf, and engineer best known for patenting the first practical telephone.…
Alfred Deakin
in 1872
1 moment here
Australian barrister, journalist, federation advocate and Australia’s second prime minister.…
Benito Juárez
in 1872
1 moment here
Mexican lawyer, Liberal politician, and president of Mexico from 1858 until his death. A Zapotec from Oaxaca, Juárez led the Liberal government…
Bertrand Russell
in 1872
1 moment here
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, was an English philosopher, mathematician, logician, writer, and public campaigner.…
Calvin Coolidge
in 1872
1 moment here
John Calvin Coolidge Jr. (1872–1933) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as governor of Massachusetts, vice president of the…
Camille Pissarro
in 1872
1 moment here
Danish-French painter and a central figure in Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism. Born in Charlotte Amalie on Saint Thomas, Pissarro studied in…
Chulalongkorn
in 1872
3 moments here
Chulalongkorn (Rama V) was King of Siam from 1868 until 1910. His reign combined state centralization, legal and social reform, and diplomacy…
David Hilbert
in 1872
1 moment here
German mathematician and philosopher of mathematics whose career began in Königsberg and was centered at the University of Göttingen from 1895 until…
Emperor Meiji
in 1872
4 moments here
Emperor Meiji (Mutsuhito) was emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912. His reign encompassed the Meiji Restoration, the transfer of the imperial court…
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
in 1872
2 moments here
Russian novelist, journalist, essayist, and former military engineer whose life moved between Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Siberian imprisonment and…
Giuseppe Verdi
in 1872
4 moments here
Italian composer whose career transformed nineteenth-century opera. Born near Busseto, Verdi studied and worked in Busseto and Milan, then traveled…
Johannes Brahms
in 1872
1 moment here
German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms developed as a performer there before touring Central Europe,…
José Rizal
in 1872
1 moment here
Filipino nationalist, writer, physician, and polymath whose reform advocacy, novels, exile, trial, and execution made him a central figure in…
Jules Verne
in 1872
1 moment here
French novelist, playwright, and poet whose documented life included residences and work in Nantes, Paris, Amiens, Auteuil, and Le Crotoy, together…
Karl Marx
in 1872
3 moments here
German philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. Born in Trier, Marx studied in Bonn and Berlin, worked in Cologne, and…
Marcel Proust
in 1872
1 moment here
French novelist, essayist, and critic, best known for À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time).…
Mark Twain
in 1872
1 moment here
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…
Octave Mirbeau
in 1872
1 moment here
French novelist, playwright, journalist, pamphleteer, and art critic. Mirbeau’s documented life moved between Normandy, Paris, Brittany, the French…
Pedro II of Brazil
in 1872
1 moment here
Pedro II (1825–1891) was the second and final emperor of Brazil, reigning from 1831 until the 1889 coup that abolished the monarchy.…
Porfirio Díaz
in 1872
3 moments here
José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori was a Mexican general and politician who led Mexico from 1876 to 1880 and from 1884 until his overthrow in 1911.…
Queen Victoria
in 1872
2 moments here
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 1819–1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death, and…
Rabindranath Tagore
in 1872
1 moment here
Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…
Ralph Waldo Emerson
in 1872
2 moments here
American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, Unitarian minister, poet, abolitionist, and leading figure in Transcendentalism.…
Moments
- 1872 Under investigation in Semipalatinsk Abai Qunanbaiuly
- 1872 Law studies at the University of Melbourne Alfred Deakin
- 1872 Postwar residence at Pontoise Camille Pissarro
- 1872 Administrative tour of Bombay Chulalongkorn
- 1872 Administrative tour of Calcutta Chulalongkorn
- 1872 Administrative tour of Delhi Chulalongkorn
- 1872 Friedrichskolleg school attendance David Hilbert
- 1872 Establishes Milan hotel residence Giuseppe Verdi
- 1872 Supervises Aida in Milan Giuseppe Verdi
- 1872 Supervises Aida in Naples Giuseppe Verdi
- 1872 Supervises Aida in Parma Giuseppe Verdi
- 1872 Concert performance on a Bechstein Johannes Brahms
- 1872 Move to Boulevard Longueville Jules Verne
- 1872 Visits Ramsgate with Engels Karl Marx
- 1872 Family apartment on boulevard Malesherbes Marcel Proust
- 1872 Move to Paris for journalism Octave Mirbeau
- 1872 Move to Bayreuth Richard Wagner
- 1872 Ruy Blas opening night Sarah Bernhardt
- 1872 Family journey in Egypt Theodore Roosevelt
- 1872 Departure from Veracruz for the United States Porfirio Díaz
- 1872 Arrival at Buckingham Palace during O'Connor incident Queen Victoria
- 1872 Thanksgiving service after the Prince of Wales's recovery Queen Victoria
- 1872 Return from first European journey Pedro II of Brazil
- 1872 Return at Camargo Porfirio Díaz
- 1872 Birth at Ravenscroft Bertrand Russell
- 1872 Began the family’s Staraya Russa summers Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1872 Countryside stay at Panihati Rabindranath Tagore
- 1872 Secondary education in Manila José Rizal
- 1872 Dartmouth commencement address Walt Whitman
- 1872 Death in Mexico City Benito Juárez
- 1872 Birth at Plymouth Notch Calvin Coolidge
- 1872 Entry into Nagasaki Port Emperor Meiji
- 1872 Stay at the Shimazu residence Emperor Meiji
- 1872 Fire at Concord home Ralph Waldo Emerson
- 1872 Birth at Borge Roald Amundsen
- 1872 Birth in Calcutta Sri Aurobindo
- 1872 Returned from Staraya Russa to the capital Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1872 Leads the Hague Congress struggle Karl Marx
- 1872 Reports to Amsterdam workers Karl Marx
- 1872 Writes from London Mark Twain
- 1872 Works for Goupil in The Hague Vincent van Gogh
- 1872 School of Vocal Physiology opens Alexander Graham Bell
- 1872 Railway-opening ceremony at Shimbashi Emperor Meiji
- 1872 Railway-opening ceremony at Yokohama Emperor Meiji
- 1872 Settlement with Lerdo Porfirio Díaz
- 1872 Arrives in Egypt Ralph Waldo Emerson