What Happened In October 1872 In History

Famous Birthdays on October in 1872

• 11th » Emily Davison, English activist (d. 1913)
• 11th » Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1946)
• 12th » Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer (d. 1958)
• 14th » Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (d. 1910)
• 15th » Wilhelm Miklas, Austrian politician, 3rd President of Austria (d. 1956)
• 15th » August Nilsson, Swedish pole vaulter (d. 1921)
• 16th » Walter Buckmaster, English polo player (d. 1942)
• 18th » Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian poet and author (d. 1936)
• 26th » Harold Fraser (golfer) or Harold Fraser, American golfer (d. 1945)
• 27th » Emily Post, American author, founded The Emily Post Institute (d. 1960)

Famous Deaths for October 1872

• 10th » William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (b. 1801)
• 21st » Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1794)
• 23rd » Théophile Gautier, French journalist, author, and poet (b. 1811)

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