Historical Events In 1873

Jul 04   On this day in history aquarium opens in Woodward Gardens   

Jul 06   Paul Keller, German writer (Ferien vom Ich) in the year 1873.   

Jul 10   French poet Paul Verlaine wounds Arthur Rimbaud with pistol on this day in history.   

Jul 11   On this day in history american whisky traders massacre group of Assiniboines; Cypress Hills Massacre forces the Government to send police to the Canadian West.   

Jul 14   In the year 1873 ferdinand David, Dutch violinist/composer, dies at 63   

Jul 17   In the year 1873 antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto)   

Jul 19   In the year 1873 louis Zimmermann, violinist/1st concert master of Concert building   

Jul 20   In the year 1873 witold Maliszewski, composer   

Jul 21   On this day in history jesse James & James Younger gang's 1st train robbery (Adair Iowa)   

Jul 22   Ettore Pozzoli, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 01   In the year 1873 san Francisco - first cable car begins service   

Aug 01   In the year 1873 sF's 1st cable car begins service   

Aug 01   In the year 1873 the first trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones   

Aug 02   On this day in history 1st trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones   

Aug 02   Frank Mori, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1873.   

Aug 02   The first trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones in the year 1873.   

Aug 03   In the year 1873 albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgian ambassador to Tokyo (1921-39)   

Aug 04   Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War in the year 1873.   

Aug 04   Indian Wars: whilst protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, clashes for the first time with the Sioux (near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed) in the year 1873.   

Aug 06   John Wesley Work, composer in the year 1873.   

Aug 11   On this day in history john Rosamond Johnson, Fla, co-composer (Lift Every Voice & Sing)   

Aug 14   In the year 1873 "Field & Stream" begins publishing   

Aug 14   "Forest and Stream" begins publishing in the year 1873.   

Aug 18   On this day in history 1st ascent of Mount Whitney, Calif (14,494')   

Aug 18   Leo Slezak, Austria tenor/actor (Othello) on this day in history.   

Aug 18   In the year 1873 the first ascent of Mount Whitney, Calif (14,494')   

Aug 19   Fred Stone, Longmont CO, acrobat/Broadway actor (Alice Adams) in the year 1873.   

Aug 20   Eliel Saarinen, Finland, architect (GM Tech Institute, Mich) in the year 1873.   

Aug 22   Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist in the year 1873.   

Aug 23   Albert Bridge creossing Thames opens in the year 1873.   

Aug 26   1st free kindergarten in the U.S. started by Susan Blow in Carondelet, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri in the year 1873.   

Aug 26   Carl Wilhelm, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1873.   

Aug 26   Lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor (Audion vacuum (radio) tube) on this day in history.   

Aug 26   On this day in history the first US public kindergarten is authorized in St. Louis, MO.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of mariano Azuela, Mexico, novelist (The Flies, The Bosses)   

Jan 02   Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist (Communist Tactics) was born in the year 1873.   

Jan 02   Thérèse de Lisieux, French Roman-Catholic nun (d. 1897) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese businessman (d. 1957)   

Jan 06   Karl Straube, German organist/conductor was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive (Paramount)   

Jan 08   Lucien Capet, composer was born in the year 1873.   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of iuliu Maniu, Romanian politician (d. 1953)   

Jan 03   On this day in history john Lodge Ellerton, composer, dies at 71   

Jan 09   On this day in history death of emperor Napoleon III of France (b. 1808)   

Jan 18   On this day in history death of edward George Bulwer-Lytton, English author (b. 1803)   

Jan 20   In the year 1873 death of the Venerable Father Basil Anthony Marie Moreau, Founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799)   

Jan 28   Henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

Feb 01   In the year 1873 matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies   

Feb 07   Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (b. 1814) died in the year 1873.   

Feb 13   Petrus AS van Limburg Brouwer, [Abraham van Luik], literary, dies on this day in history.