Events from 1872

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1872

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1872 ID: 982
Heinrich Schliemann begins excavations of Troy, funded partly by Prussian patronage
ID: 982
Troy
1872 ID: 983
Kulturkampf: Bismarck's conflict with Catholic Church over state control of education
ID: 983
1872 ID: 984
Bismarck bans Social Democratic Party while introducing social insurance
ID: 984
1872 ID: 985
Felix Klein publishes Erlangen Program defining geometry through group theory
ID: 985
1872 ID: 986
Richard Dedekind develops theory of algebraic integers - systematic study of number fields
ID: 986
1872 ID: 987
Boston experiences worst epidemic since vaccination began - 1,040 deaths
ID: 987
Boston
1872 ID: 988
Japan begins compulsory vaccination
ID: 988
1872 ID: 989
Nietzsche's Birth of Tragedy - Apollonian vs Dionysian, life justified only as aesthetic phenomenon
ID: 989
1872 ID: 4465
Frank Baldwin patents pinwheel calculator in America - improves on European designs with variable-toothed gear
ID: 4465

Books & Texts from 1872

📖 andrew-lang - ballads-and-lyrics-of-old-france-with-other-poems
📖 horatio-alger-jr - phil-the-fiddler
📖 bayard-taylor - beauty-and-the-beast-and-tales-of-home
📖 george-macdonald - the-princess-and-the-goblin
📖 jules-verne - le-tour-de-monde-en-quatre-vingts-jours