1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1872nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 872nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 72nd year of the 19th century, and the 3rd year of the 1870s decade. As of the start of 1872, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
1872 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1872
MDCCCLXXII
Ab urbe condita2625
Armenian calendar1321
ԹՎ ՌՅԻԱ
Assyrian calendar6622
Baháʼí calendar28–29
Balinese saka calendar1793–1794
Bengali calendar1279
Berber calendar2822
British Regnal year35 Vict. 1 – 36 Vict. 1
Buddhist calendar2416
Burmese calendar1234
Byzantine calendar7380–7381
Chinese calendar辛未年 (Metal Goat)
4569 or 4362
    — to —
壬申年 (Water Monkey)
4570 or 4363
Coptic calendar1588–1589
Discordian calendar3038
Ethiopian calendar1864–1865
Hebrew calendar5632–5633
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1928–1929
 - Shaka Samvat1793–1794
 - Kali Yuga4972–4973
Holocene calendar11872
Igbo calendar872–873
Iranian calendar1250–1251
Islamic calendar1288–1289
Japanese calendarMeiji 5
(明治5年)
Javanese calendar1800–1801
Julian calendarGregorian minus 12 days
Korean calendar4205
Minguo calendar40 before ROC
民前40年
Nanakshahi calendar404
Thai solar calendar2414–2415
Tibetan calendar阴金羊年
(female Iron-Goat)
1998 or 1617 or 845
    — to —
阳水猴年
(male Water-Monkey)
1999 or 1618 or 846

In Japan, this leap year runs with only 354 days as the country dropped 12 days in the month of December. Then it happened that Tuesday, 19 December 1872 (Julian Calendar) was followed by Wednesday, 1 January 1873 (Gregorian Calendar).[1]

Events

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January–March

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April–June

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July–September

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Daguerreotype of Benito Juárez as president of Mexico.

October–December

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Date unknown

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Births

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January–March

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April–June

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Bertrand Russell
 
Ladislas Lazaro
 
Paul Laurence Dunbar

July–September

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Calvin Coolidge
 
Roald Amundsen
 
Aubrey Beardsley
 
Louisa Martindale
 
Maude Adams

October–December

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Deaths

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January–June

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Hugo von Mohl
 
Samuel Morse

July–December

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Ludwig Feuerbach
 
Lady Beaconsfield
 
Aleksis Kivi

References

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  4. ^ "Cuba. Miscellaneous Gossip" (PDF). The New York Times. February 11, 1872.
  5. ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  6. ^ "Origins of Labour Day". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on October 28, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  7. ^ Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices, South African Republic (Transvaal): Heads of State: 1857-1877 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
  8. ^ Japanese Colleges and Universities. Maruzen Company. 1989. p. 173. ISBN 978-4-621-03357-9.
  9. ^ a b Montoya, Leydy (October 29, 2018). "Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada". Historia-Biografia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  10. ^ Durán, Victor Manuel (July–August 2008). "Cultural Connections in Belize". Americas. 60 (4): 50. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  11. ^ "Aberystwyth University - Early Days". www.aber.ac.uk. Archived from the original on July 20, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  12. ^ Olson, Donald W. (2014). "Dating Impression, Sunrise". Monet's Impression, Sunrise: the biography of a painting. Paris: Éditions Hazan; Musée Marmottan Monet. pp. 80–105. ISBN 978-0-300-21088-0.
  13. ^ "18721130 Sat 30 Nov 1872 Scotland 0 England 0". www.londonhearts.com.
  14. ^ tinashe (November 25, 2011). "The first Cape cabinet is formed, with John Molteno as premier".
  15. ^ Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.
  16. ^ Kim Gap-sun Archived 2013-06-27 at archive.today (in Korean)
  17. ^ "Roald Amundsen | Biography, Facts, Expeditions, South Pole, Northwest Passage, & Death". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  18. ^ Crawford, Alan (September 23, 2004). "Beardsley, Aubrey Vincent (1872–1898), illustrator". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/1821. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  19. ^ Hughes, Quentin; Thake, Conrad (2005). Malta, War & Peace: An Architectural Chronicle 1800–2000. Midsea Books Ltd. p. 250. ISBN 9789993270553.
  20. ^ "President Benito Juárez". PBS.org. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  21. ^ Aleksis Kivi at the Encyclopædia Britannica

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