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 in the year 1873.  

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) on this day in history.  

Feb 22   On this day in history muhammad Iqbal, Dutch East Indies lawyer/poet/philosopher  

Feb 23   On this day in history dmitri Arakishvili, composer  

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

Feb 25   In the year 1873 the birth of Enrico Caruso, Italian operatic tenor  

Feb 26   On this day in history 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   Enrico Carus opera singer: tenor, was born on this day in history.  

Mar 01   In the year 1873 e. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.  

Mar 03   Congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps in the year 1873.  

Mar 03   In the year 1873 uS Congress & government raise own salary, retroactively  

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   Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer, dies at 34 on this day in history.  

Mar 07   On this day in history uS marines attack Panama  

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

Mar 10   Jakob Wassermann, Germany, novelist (My Life as German & Jew) on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1873 chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31)  

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

Mar 20   In the year 1873 adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer, dies at 52  

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

Mar 22   In the year 1873 slavery is abolished in Puerto Rico  

Mar 25   On this day in history rudolf Rocker, German/US anarchist  

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

Mar 30   In the year 1873 benedict Augustin Morel, psychologist (dementia praecox), dies at 63  

Apr 01   In the year 1873 british White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die  

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

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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   On this day in history birth of thérèse de Lisieux, French Roman-Catholic nun (d. 1897)  

Jan 03   Ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese businessman (d. 1957) was born in the year 1873.  

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

Jan 07   Adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive (Paramount) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of lucien Capet, composer  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1873 john Lodge Ellerton, composer, dies at 71  

Jan 09   Emperor Napoleon III of France (b. 1808) died on this day in history.  

Jan 18   In the year 1873 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   Henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 07   On this day in history 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.