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What Happened In March 1872 In History

Historical Events for March, 1872

  • 5th » George Westinghouse patents the air brake (rail) called air brake.
  • 11th » Construction of the Seven Sisters, Wales or Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
  • 16th » The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest association football known as football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1-0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
  • 22nd » Illinois becomes the first state to require sexual equality in employment

Famous Birthdays on March in 1872

  • 6th » Ben Harney, American pianist and composer (d. 1938)
  • 7th » Piet Mondrian, Dutch painter (d. 1944)
  • 11th » Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (d. 1939)
  • 11th » Kathleen Clarice Groom, Australian-English author (d. 1954)
  • 17th » Konstantinos Skarlatos, Greek general and target shooter (d. 1969)
  • 19th » Anna Held, Polish-American actress and singer (d. 1918)
  • 23rd » Michael Joseph Savage, New Zealand politician, 23rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1940)
  • 25th » Horatio Nelson Jackson, American race car driver and physician (d. 1955)
  • 27th » Edward George Turner, English businessman (d. 1962)
  • 31st » Sergei Diaghilev, Russian ballet manager and critic, founded the Ballets Russes (d. 1929)
  • 31st » Alexandra Kollontai, Russian diplomat (d. 1952)

Famous Deaths for March 1872

  • 4th » Carsten Hauch, Danish poet (b. 1790)
  • 8th » Cornelius Krieghoff, Canadian painter (b. 1815)
  • 10th » Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1805)
  • 12th » Zeng Guofan, Chinese general and politician (b. 1811)

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