28 notable events from 1872 — wars, earthquakes and criminal cases.
- Ishitetsu Prefecture death row inmate resuscitation case
Nov 28, 1872 · Suicide & execution
- 1872 Cavite mutiny
Jan 20, 1872 · Philippines · War & armed conflict
- María Luz incident
1872 · Japan · Crime & justice
- Great Boston Fire of 1872
Nov 9, 1872–Nov 10, 1872 · United States · Fire
- Henry Berry Lowry
Jan 1, 1872 · War & armed conflict
- 1872 Owens Valley earthquake
Mar 26, 1872 · United States · Earthquake
- 1872 Baltic Sea flood
Nov 12, 1872–Nov 13, 1872 · Natural disaster
- Battle of Salt River Canyon
Dec 28, 1872 · United States · War & armed conflict
- Gutiérrez Brothers' rebellion
Jul 22, 1872 · Peru · War & armed conflict
- Tradeston Flour Mills explosion
Jul 9, 1872 · United Kingdom · Bombing & explosion
- Albert Pel
Jan 1, 1872–Jan 1, 1884 · France · Murder & homicide
- Yamashiroya Incident
1872 · Crime & justice
- Svenskhuset Tragedy
1872 · Svalbard and Jan Mayen · Epidemic & disease
- Goingsnake massacre
Apr 15, 1872 · United States · Massacre
- Tandil massacre
Jan 1, 1872 · Argentina · Massacre
- Battle of the North Fork of the Red River
Sep 28, 1872 · United States · War & armed conflict
- 1872 Amik earthquake
Apr 3, 1872 · Türkiye · Earthquake
- 1872 Hamada earthquake
Mar 14, 1872 · Japan · Earthquake
- 1872 Ontake gyōja trespassing on the Imperial Palace
Mar 26, 1872 · Japan
- Kelsey Outrage
Nov 4, 1872 · United States · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 1872 North Cascades earthquake
Dec 14, 1872 · United States · Earthquake
- Kirtlebridge rail crash
Oct 2, 1872 · United Kingdom · Rail accident
- Blumenstraßen riots
Jul 25, 1872–Jul 28, 1872 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- Batsch affair
1872 · Scandal & controversy
- Springwell Pit disaster
Dec 6, 1872 · United Kingdom · Industrial & structural disaster
- Sanok fires (1872)
May 10, 1872 · Poland · Fire
- Battle of Fælleden
May 5, 1872 · Denmark · War & armed conflict
- May 1872 flood in Bohemia
May 25, 1872–May 26, 1872 · Natural disaster