What Happened In February 1872 - Historical Events 1872 February

Historical Events for February, 1872

20th » In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens.
22nd » The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black (prohibitionist) named James Black as its presidential nominee.

1st » Jerome F. Donovan, American politician (d. 1949)
1st » Andrew Kehoe, American murderer (d. 1927)
3rd » Lou Criger, American baseball player (d. 1934)
4th » Gotse Delchev, Greek-Macedonian activist (d. 1903)
6th » Robert Maillart, Swiss engineer, designed the Salginatobel Bridge and Schwandbach Bridge (d. 1940)
11th » Hannah Mitchell, English activist (d. 1956)
12th » Oscar Stribolt, Danish actor (d. 1927)
12th » Guillermo Hayden Wright, Mexican polo player (d. 1949)
19th » Johan Pitka, Estonian admiral (d. 1944)
24th » John Arthur Jarvis, English swimmer (d. 1933)
24th » Gustave Sandras, French gymnast (d. 1951)
27th » Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, Romanian politician, Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1950)