Page 5: Historical Events In 1873

Jul 04   Aquarium opens in Woodward Gardens in the year 1873.   

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

Jul 10   French poet Paul Verlaine wounds Arthur Rimbaud with pistol on this day in history.   

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

Jul 14   In the year 1873 ferdinand David, Dutch violinist/composer, dies at 63   

Jul 17   Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto) in the year 1873.   

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

Jul 22   Ettore Pozzoli, composer in the year 1873.   

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

Aug 01   SF's 1st cable car begins service on this day in history.   

Aug 01   The first trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones in the year 1873.   

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

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

Aug 04   In the year 1873 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   John Wesley Work, composer in the year 1873.   

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

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) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Aug 22   Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist on this day in history.   

Aug 23   Albert Bridge creossing Thames opens on this day in history.   

Aug 26   In the year 1873 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   On this day in history lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor (Audion vacuum (radio) tube)   

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

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Jan 01   In the year 1873 birth of mariano Azuela, Mexico, novelist (The Flies, The Bosses)   

Jan 02   In the year 1873 birth of anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist (Communist Tactics)   

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

Jan 03   Ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese businessman (d. 1957) was born in the year 1873.   

Jan 06   In the year 1873 birth of karl Straube, German organist/conductor   

Jan 07   Adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive (Paramount) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Lucien Capet, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Iuliu Maniu, Romanian politician (d. 1953) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   John Lodge Ellerton, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1873.   

Jan 09   On this day in history death of emperor Napoleon III of France (b. 1808)   

Jan 18   Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, English author (b. 1803) died in the year 1873.   

Jan 20   In the year 1873 death of the Venerable Father Basil Anthony Marie Moreau, Founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799)   

Jan 28   Henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1873.   

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

Feb 07   On this day in history 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