See also: 1871 in the U.S., other events of 1872, 1873 in the U.S. and the list of 'years in the U.S.'. 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Events

• January 2 - Brigham Young, is arrested for bigamy (25 wives).
• February 20 - In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens.
• March 1 - Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park
• March 5 - George Westinghouse patents the air brake for railways.
• March 26 - Earthquake at Lone Pine, California with an estimated magnitude of 7.2 .
• May 10 - Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
• May 22 - Reconstruction: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act of 1872 into law restoring full civil rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
• November - Ulysses S. Grant defeats Horace Greeley in the U.S. presidential election
• November 5 - Women's suffrage: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time (on November 18 she was served an arrest warrant and in the subsequent trial she was fined $100 - she never paid the fine).
• November 9 - Great Boston Fire of 1872: In Boston, Massachusetts, a large fire begins to burn on Lincoln Street. The two day event destroyed about 65 acres (260,000 m²) of city, 776 buildings, much of the financial district and caused US$60 million in damage.

January 2 is the 2nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Brigham Young (June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877) was the second prophet and president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church; see also Mormonism). ... Definitions The term Polygamy (literally much marriage in late Greek) is used in related ways in social anthropology and sociobiology. ... February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ... There is also the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), located in Manhattan. ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... Yellowstone National Park is a U.S. National Park located in the states of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. ... Yosemite National Park in the United States. ... March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... George Westinghouse (October 6, 1846 – March 12, 1914) was an American entrepreneur and engineer now best known for the brand of electrical goods that bear his name. ... On railways an air brake is a brake operated by compressed air. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... Global earthquake epicenters, 1963–1998 An earthquake is a trembling or a shaking movement of the Earths surface. ... Lone Pine is a census-designated place located in Inyo County, California. ... May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... Victoria Claflin Woodhull (1838–1927) was an American feminist reformer, stock broker, sex symbol, and advocate of free love. ... Seal of the President of the United States The President of the United States is the head of state of the United States. ... May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... In the history of the United States, Reconstruction was the period after the American Civil War when the southern states of the breakaway Confederacy were reintegrated into the United States of America. ... Ulysses S. Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was a Union general in the American Civil War and the 18th (1869–1877) President of the United States. ... The Amnesty Act of 1872 removed voting restrictions and office-holding disqualification against most whites who rebelled in the United States Civil War, except for very high positions. ... Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ... National Motto Deo Vindice (Latin: Under God our Vindicator) Official language English de facto nationwide Various European and Native American languages regionally Capital Montgomery, Alabama February 4, 1861–May 29, 1861 Richmond, Virginia May 29, 1861–April 9, 1865 Danville, Virginia April 3–April 10, 1865 Largest city New Orleans... November is the eleventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ... Ulysses S. Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was a Union general in the American Civil War and the 18th (1869–1877) President of the United States. ... Photographic portrait of Greeley Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811–November 29, 1872) was an American newspaper editor and politician. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... The international movement for womens suffrage, led by suffragists (commonly called suffragettes), was a social, economic and political reform movement aimed at extending the suffrage (that is, the right to vote) to women, advocating equal suffrage (abolition of graded votes) rather than universal suffrage (abolition of discrimination due to... Susan Brownell Anthony, aged 28 Susan Brownell Anthony Susan Brownell Anthony, (February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was an American civil rights leader who, along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, led the effort to grant women the right to vote in the United States. ... November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years), with 43 remaining. ... November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... The Great Boston Fire of 1872 was a two-day conflagration that began to burn on November 9, 1872 on Lincoln Street in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Nickname: Beantown, The Hub, Athens of America Location in the state of Massachusetts Founded  -Incorporated September 17, 1630  1820, as a city County Suffolk County Mayor Thomas Menino (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 232. ...

Births

• January 31 - Zane Grey, writer (d. 1939)
• July 4 - Calvin Coolidge, American president

January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 - October 23, 1939), born Pearl Zane Gray (he later dropped Pearl and changed the a to an e in Grey) was an American author of popular adventure novels and pulp fiction that presented an idealized image of the rugged Old West. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ... John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. ...

Deaths

• January 7 - James Fisk, entrepreneur
• April 2 - Samuel Morse, inventor of the Morse code