What Happened In March 1872 - Historical Events 1872 March

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

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)