What Happened In December 1872 - Historical Events 1872 December

Historical Events for December, 1872

4th » The crewless United States American ship ship Mary Celeste is found by the United Kingdom British brig 'Dei Gratia'. The ship had been abandoned for nine days but was only slightly damaged.
9th » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first serving African-American governor of a U.S. state.
21st » Challenger expedition: HMS Challenger 1858 6, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth Portsmouth, England.

2nd » Carl Lehle, German rower (d. 1930)
3rd » Arthur Charles Hardy, Canadian politician, Speaker of the Senate (Canada) named Canadian Speaker of the Senate (d. 1962)
3rd » William Haselden, English cartoonist (d. 1953)
5th » Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess player (d. 1906)
6th » Arthur Henry Adams, Australian journalist and author (d. 1936)
6th » William S. Hart, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1946)
11th » René Bull, Irish illustrator and photographer (d. 1942)
16th » Anton Denikin, Russian general (d. 1947)
21st » Sidney Ainsworth, English-American actor (d. 1922)
21st » Lorenzo Perosi, Italian priest and composer (d. 1956)
21st » Albert Payson Terhune, American journalist and author (d. 1942)
22nd » Camille Guérin, French veterinarian and bacteriologist (d. 1961)
24th » Adam Gunn, Scottish-American decathlete (d. 1935)
24th » Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player (d. 1927)
26th » Norman Angell, English journalist, academic, and politician, Nobel Peace Prize known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)

11th » Kamehameha V of Hawaii (b. 1830)
24th » William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physician and engineer (b. 1820)
28th » James Van Ness, American lawyer and politician, 7th Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1808)
31st » Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author and playwright (b. 1834)