Page 5: Historical Events In 1873

Jul 19   Louis Zimmermann, violinist/1st concert master of Concert building   

Jul 20   Witold Maliszewski, composer.   

Jul 21   Jesse James and James Younger gang's 1st train robbery (Adair Iowa).   

Jul 22   Ettore Pozzoli, composer   

Aug 01   San Francisco - inaugural cable car begins service   

Aug 01   SF's 1st cable car begins service   

Aug 01   The inaugural trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny and Jones.   

Aug 02   1st trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny and Jones.   

Aug 02   Frank Mori, composer, dies at 53   

Aug 03   Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgian ambassador to Tokyo (1921-39).   

Aug 04   Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War.   

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 inaugural time with the Sioux (near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed)   

Aug 11   John Rosamond Johnson, Fla, co-composer (Lift Every Voice and Sing)   

Aug 14   "Field and Stream" begins publishing   

Aug 14   "Forest and Stream" begins publishing.   

Aug 18   1st ascent of Mount Whitney, Calif (14494').   

Aug 18   Leo Slezak, Austria tenor/actor (Othello).   

Aug 18   The inaugural ascent of Mount Whitney, Calif (14494')   

Aug 19   Fred Stone, Longmont CO, acrobat/Broadway actor (Alice Adams)   

Aug 20   Eliel Saarinen, Finland, architect (GM Tech Institute, Mich)   

Aug 22   Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist.   

Aug 23   Albert Bridge creossing Thames opens   

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

Aug 26   Carl Wilhelm, composer, dies at 57   

Aug 26   Lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor (Audion vacuum (radio) tube)   

Aug 26   The inaugural US public kindergarten is authorized in St. Louis, MO.   

Aug 30   Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Joseph Land in the Arctic Sea.   

Aug 31   Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen (Dutch East Indies), dies at 70.   

Sep 01   Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande   

Sep 01   Guy Standing, English actor (Cradle Song).   

Sep 06   Regular Cable Car service begins on Clay Street.   

Sep 08   David O McKay, Huntsville, Utah, 9th pres of Mormon church   

Sep 09   Edward Burlingame Hill, composer   

Sep 12   Sul-To-Wan, [Nellie Conley], US actress (Uncle Tom's Cabin)   

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Jan 01   Mariano azuela: Mexico, novelist (the flies, the bosses)   

Jan 02   Anton pannekoek: Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist (communist tactics)   

Jan 02   Thérèse de lisieux: French roman-catholic nun    

Jan 03   Ichizo kobayashi: Japanese businessman   

Jan 06   Karl straube: German organist/conductor   

Jan 07   Adolph zukor: Hungary, movie producer/director/executive (paramount)   

Jan 08   Lucien capet: Composer   

Jan 08   Iuliu maniu: Romanian politician    

Jan 03   John lodge ellerton: Composer,    

Jan 09   Emperor napoleon iii of france: Emperor napoleon iii of france (b. 1808)   

Jan 18   Edward george bulwer-lytton: English author (b. 1803)   

Jan 20   The venerable father basil anthony marie moreau: Founder of the congregation of holy cross (b. 1799)   

Jan 28   Henry hugo pierson: Composer,   

Feb 01   Matthew maury: Hydrographer,   

Feb 07   Sheridan le fanu: Irish writer (b. 1814)   

Feb 13   Petrus as van limburg brouwer: [abraham van luik], literary,