Historical Events In 1873

Jul 04   Aquarium opens in Woodward Gardens on this day in history.  

Jul 06   Paul Keller, German writer (Ferien vom Ich) on this day in history.  

Jul 10   In the year 1873 french poet Paul Verlaine wounds Arthur Rimbaud with pistol  

Jul 11   On this day in history american whisky traders massacre group of Assiniboines; Cypress Hills Massacre forces the Government to send police to the Canadian West.  

Jul 14   On this day in history ferdinand David, Dutch violinist/composer, dies at 63  

Jul 17   On this day in history antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto)  

Jul 19   In the year 1873 louis Zimmermann, violinist/1st concert master of Concert building  

Jul 20   On this day in history witold Maliszewski, composer  

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

Jul 22   Ettore Pozzoli, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 01   San Francisco - first cable car begins service in the year 1873.  

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

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

Aug 02   On this day in history 1st trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones  

Aug 02   Frank Mori, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 03   On this day in history albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgian ambassador to Tokyo (1921-39)  

Aug 04   On this day in history damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War  

Aug 04   On this day in history 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).  

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

Aug 11   John Rosamond Johnson, Fla, co-composer (Lift Every Voice & Sing) in the year 1873.  

Aug 14   In the year 1873 "Field & Stream" begins publishing  

Aug 14   In the year 1873 "Forest and Stream" begins publishing  

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

Aug 18   Leo Slezak, Austria tenor/actor (Othello) in the year 1873.  

Aug 18   In the year 1873 the first ascent of Mount Whitney, Calif (14,494')  

Aug 19   Fred Stone, Longmont CO, acrobat/Broadway actor (Alice Adams) on this day in history.  

Aug 20   Eliel Saarinen, Finland, architect (GM Tech Institute, Mich) on this day in history.  

Aug 22   Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist in the year 1873.  

Aug 23   On this day in history albert Bridge creossing Thames opens  

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   Lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor (Audion vacuum (radio) tube) on this day in history.  

Aug 26   On this day in history 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   Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist (Communist Tactics) was born on this day in history.  

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

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   Iuliu Maniu, Romanian politician (d. 1953) was born in the year 1873.  

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   On this day in history death of 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) died on this day in history.  

Jan 28   Henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Feb 01   Matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies in the year 1873.  

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.