Historical Events In 1873

Feb 12   On this day in history congress abolishes bimetallism &authorizes $1 &$3 gold coins  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 23   Dmitri Arakishvili, composer on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1873 ewoud van Everdingen, Dutch meteorologist  

Feb 27   Dutch socialist Samuel van Wooden demands law against child labor on this day in history.  

Feb 27   On this day in history enrico Carus opera singer tenor, was born  

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 in the year 1873.  

Mar 03   On this day in history congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps  

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

Mar 03   On this day in history william Green, president of American Federation of Labor (1924-52)  

Mar 04   New York Daily Graphic, first illustrated daily newspaper in US, published on this day in history.  

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

Mar 07   In the year 1873 uS marines attack Panama  

Mar 09   Royal Canadian Mounted Police founded on this day in history.  

Mar 10   Jakob Wassermann, Germany, novelist (My Life as German & Jew) in the year 1873.  

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

Mar 15   David Vaughan Thomas, composer on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history max Reger, Brand Bavaria, composer/pianist/prof (Leipzig Univ)  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 26   [Louise] Sophie de Vries, actress (On Hope of Blessing) on this day in history.  

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

Apr 01   On this day in history british White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die  

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

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Jan 01   Mariano Azuela, Mexico, novelist (The Flies, The Bosses) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist (Communist Tactics)  

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

Jan 03   Ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese businessman (d. 1957) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   In the year 1873 birth of karl Straube, German organist/conductor  

Jan 07   Adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive (Paramount) was born in the year 1873.  

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

Jan 08   Iuliu Maniu, Romanian politician (d. 1953) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 09   In the year 1873 death of emperor Napoleon III of France (b. 1808)  

Jan 18   Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, English author (b. 1803) died in the year 1873.  

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   Henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1873.  

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

Feb 07   In the year 1873 death of sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (b. 1814)  

Feb 13   Petrus AS van Limburg Brouwer, [Abraham van Luik], literary, dies in the year 1873.