Historical Events In 1873

Feb 12   Congress abolishes bimetallism &authorizes $1 &$3 gold coins on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1873.  

Feb 20   In the year 1873 u of Calif gets its 1st Med School (UC/SF)  

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

Feb 23   In the year 1873 dmitri Arakishvili, composer  

Feb 25   On this day in history enrico Caruso, Naples Italy, operatic tenor (Faust)  

Feb 25   The birth of Enrico Caruso, Italian operatic tenor in the year 1873.  

Feb 26   In the year 1873 ewoud van Everdingen, Dutch meteorologist  

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   On this day in history 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   Congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps on this day in history.  

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

Mar 03   In the year 1873 william Green, president of American Federation of Labor (1924-52)  

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

Mar 05   On this day in history marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer, dies at 34  

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

Mar 09   On this day in history royal Canadian Mounted Police founded  

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

Mar 14   In the year 1873 johannes Aengenent, sociologist/bishop of Haarlem (1928-35)  

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

Mar 16   Hippoliet Daeye, Flemish painter (Sereniteit) on this day in history.  

Mar 17   Chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31) in the year 1873.  

Mar 19   In the year 1873 max Reger, Brand Bavaria, composer/pianist/prof (Leipzig Univ)  

Mar 20   Adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1873.  

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

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

Mar 25   In the year 1873 rudolf Rocker, German/US anarchist  

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

Mar 30   On this day in history benedict Augustin Morel, psychologist (dementia praecox), dies at 63  

Apr 01   British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1873 birth of anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist (Communist Tactics)  

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 on this day in history.  

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   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   John Lodge Ellerton, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1873.  

Jan 09   In the year 1873 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   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   In the year 1873 death of sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (b. 1814)  

Feb 13   On this day in history petrus AS van Limburg Brouwer, [Abraham van Luik], literary, dies