Timeline March 1872

Events in March 1872 3

• 1805 – 1872 Giuseppe Mazzini (1805-1872) Died 10 March 1872, aged 66 Giuseppe Mazzini was an Italian revolutionary and political theorist who championed a unified, republican Italy through the Young Italy movement. His writings and activism helped inspire the broader movement for Italian unification.
• 1872 Yellowstone National Park established World's first national park created by act of Congress President Ulysses S. Grant signed the act creating Yellowstone National Park on March 1, 1872, setting aside land in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho territories. It became the world's first officially designated national park, establishing a model later copied worldwide.
• 1872 – 1944 Piet Mondrian De Stijl · Netherlands Piet Mondrian (March 7, 1872 – February 1, 1944) was a Dutch painter who reduced painting to horizontal and vertical lines and primary colours. His De Stijl aesthetic influenced architecture, design and typography throughout the 20th century.