Historical Events In 1873

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

Jul 06   In the year 1873 paul Keller, German writer (Ferien vom Ich)  

Jul 10   On this day in history 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 in the year 1873.  

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

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

Jul 19   Louis Zimmermann, violinist/1st concert master of Concert building on this day in history.  

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

Jul 21   On this day in history jesse James & James Younger gang's 1st train robbery (Adair Iowa)  

Jul 22   In the year 1873 ettore Pozzoli, composer  

Aug 01   On this day in history san Francisco - first cable car begins service  

Aug 01   On this day in history sF's 1st cable car begins service  

Aug 01   In the year 1873 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 on this day in history.  

Aug 02   On this day in history frank Mori, composer, dies at 53  

Aug 02   The first trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones on this day in history.  

Aug 03   Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgian ambassador to Tokyo (1921-39) on this day in history.  

Aug 04   Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War on this day in history.  

Aug 04   In the year 1873 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   John Wesley Work, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 11   On this day in history john Rosamond Johnson, Fla, co-composer (Lift Every Voice & Sing)  

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

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

Aug 18   In the year 1873 1st ascent of Mount Whitney, Calif (14,494')  

Aug 18   On this day in history leo Slezak, Austria tenor/actor (Othello)  

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

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

Aug 20   Eliel Saarinen, Finland, architect (GM Tech Institute, Mich) in the year 1873.  

Aug 22   In the year 1873 karl Nef, Swiss musicologist  

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   In the year 1873 carl Wilhelm, composer, dies at 57  

Aug 26   Lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor (Audion vacuum (radio) tube) in the year 1873.  

Aug 26   On this day in history the first US public kindergarten is authorized in St. Louis, MO.  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of mariano Azuela, Mexico, novelist (The Flies, The Bosses)  

Jan 02   Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist (Communist Tactics) was born in the year 1873.  

Jan 02   Thérèse de Lisieux, French Roman-Catholic nun (d. 1897) was born in the year 1873.  

Jan 03   In the year 1873 birth of ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese businessman (d. 1957)  

Jan 06   Karl Straube, German organist/conductor was born in the year 1873.  

Jan 07   Adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive (Paramount) was born in the year 1873.  

Jan 08   Lucien Capet, composer was born in the year 1873.  

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   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   The Venerable Father Basil Anthony Marie Moreau, Founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799) died on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history 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.