Historical Events In 1873

Feb 12   Congress abolishes bimetallism &authorizes $1 &$3 gold coins in the year 1873.  

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

Feb 14   Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

Feb 20   U of Calif gets its 1st Med School (UC/SF) in the year 1873.  

Feb 22   Muhammad Iqbal, Dutch East Indies lawyer/poet/philosopher in the year 1873.  

Feb 23   Dmitri Arakishvili, composer in the year 1873.  

Feb 25   Enrico Caruso, Naples Italy, operatic tenor (Faust) in the year 1873.  

Feb 25   The birth of Enrico Caruso, Italian operatic tenor on this day in history.  

Feb 26   Ewoud van Everdingen, Dutch meteorologist on this day in history.  

Feb 27   Dutch socialist Samuel van Wooden demands law against child labor in the year 1873.  

Feb 27   Enrico Carus opera singer tenor, was born in the year 1873.  

Feb 27   In the year 1873 enrico Carus opera singer: tenor, was born  

Mar 01   E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter on this day in history.  

Mar 03   In the year 1873 congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps  

Mar 03   US Congress & government raise own salary, retroactively on this day in history.  

Mar 03   William Green, president of American Federation of Labor (1924-52) on this day in history.  

Mar 04   New York Daily Graphic, first illustrated daily newspaper in US, published in the year 1873.  

Mar 05   In the year 1873 marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer, dies at 34  

Mar 07   US marines attack Panama on this day in history.  

Mar 09   Royal Canadian Mounted Police founded in the year 1873.  

Mar 10   In the year 1873 jakob Wassermann, Germany, novelist (My Life as German & Jew)  

Mar 14   Johannes Aengenent, sociologist/bishop of Haarlem (1928-35) in the year 1873.  

Mar 15   On this day in history david Vaughan Thomas, composer  

Mar 16   On this day in history hippoliet Daeye, Flemish painter (Sereniteit)  

Mar 17   Chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31) on this day in history.  

Mar 19   Max Reger, Brand Bavaria, composer/pianist/prof (Leipzig Univ) on this day in history.  

Mar 20   Adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

Mar 20   On this day in history sergei V Rachmaninov, Russian/US pianist/composer (Aleko) [NS=Apr 1]  

Mar 22   On this day in history slavery is abolished in Puerto Rico  

Mar 25   Rudolf Rocker, German/US anarchist in the year 1873.  

Mar 26   [Louise] Sophie de Vries, actress (On Hope of Blessing) in the year 1873.  

Mar 30   Benedict Augustin Morel, psychologist (dementia praecox), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Apr 01   British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die in the year 1873.  

Apr 01   In the year 1873 sergei Rachmaninoff, Novgorod Russia, composer (Prelude in C# Minor)  

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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 on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Thérèse de Lisieux, French Roman-Catholic nun (d. 1897) was born in the year 1873.  

Jan 03   In the year 1873 birth of ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese businessman (d. 1957)  

Jan 06   Karl Straube, German organist/conductor was born in the year 1873.  

Jan 07   In the year 1873 birth of adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive (Paramount)  

Jan 08   In the year 1873 birth of lucien Capet, composer  

Jan 08   In the year 1873 birth of iuliu Maniu, Romanian politician (d. 1953)  

Jan 03   In the year 1873 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   On this day in history death of the Venerable Father Basil Anthony Marie Moreau, Founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799)  

Jan 28   On this day in history henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57  

Feb 01   On this day in history matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies  

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

Feb 13   In the year 1873 petrus AS van Limburg Brouwer, [Abraham van Luik], literary, dies