Page 5: Historical Events In 1873

Jul 10   French poet Paul Verlaine wounds Arthur Rimbaud with pistol.   

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

Jul 14   Ferdinand David, Dutch violinist/composer, dies at 63   

Jul 17   Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto).   

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

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 06   John Wesley Work, composer.   

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.   

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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,