Historical Events In 1873

Jul 04   On this day in history aquarium opens in Woodward Gardens  

Jul 06   Paul Keller, German writer (Ferien vom Ich) in the year 1873.  

Jul 10   French poet Paul Verlaine wounds Arthur Rimbaud with pistol in the year 1873.  

Jul 11   American whisky traders massacre group of Assiniboines; Cypress Hills Massacre forces the Government to send police to the Canadian West in the year 1873.  

Jul 14   Ferdinand David, Dutch violinist/composer, dies at 63 in the year 1873.  

Jul 17   Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto) on this day in history.  

Jul 19   On this day in history louis Zimmermann, violinist/1st concert master of Concert building  

Jul 20   Witold Maliszewski, composer on this day in history.  

Jul 21   In the year 1873 jesse James & James Younger gang's 1st train robbery (Adair Iowa)  

Jul 22   Ettore Pozzoli, composer in the year 1873.  

Aug 01   In the year 1873 san Francisco - first cable car begins service  

Aug 01   SF's 1st cable car begins service in the year 1873.  

Aug 01   On this day in history the first trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones  

Aug 02   1st trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones in the year 1873.  

Aug 02   Frank Mori, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1873.  

Aug 02   The first trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones in the year 1873.  

Aug 03   In the year 1873 albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgian ambassador to Tokyo (1921-39)  

Aug 04   Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War in the year 1873.  

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 first time with the Sioux (near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed) in the year 1873.  

Aug 06   On this day in history john Wesley Work, composer  

Aug 11   In the year 1873 john Rosamond Johnson, Fla, co-composer (Lift Every Voice & Sing)  

Aug 14   "Field & Stream" begins publishing in the year 1873.  

Aug 14   "Forest and Stream" begins publishing on this day in history.  

Aug 18   On this day in history 1st ascent of Mount Whitney, Calif (14,494')  

Aug 18   Leo Slezak, Austria tenor/actor (Othello) on this day in history.  

Aug 18   The first ascent of Mount Whitney, Calif (14,494') on this day in history.  

Aug 19   In the year 1873 fred Stone, Longmont CO, acrobat/Broadway actor (Alice Adams)  

Aug 20   On this day in history eliel Saarinen, Finland, architect (GM Tech Institute, Mich)  

Aug 22   In the year 1873 karl Nef, Swiss musicologist  

Aug 23   Albert Bridge creossing Thames opens in the year 1873.  

Aug 26   On this day in history 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 in the year 1873.  

Aug 26   On this day in history lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor (Audion vacuum (radio) tube)  

Aug 26   In the year 1873 the first US public kindergarten is authorized in St. Louis, MO.  

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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   On this day in history birth of ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese businessman (d. 1957)  

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   John Lodge Ellerton, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 18   Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, English author (b. 1803) died on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1873 henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57  

Feb 01   Matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies on this day in history.  

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