Historical Events In 1873

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

Jul 06   On this day in history 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   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   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   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   In the year 1873 ettore Pozzoli, composer  

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

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

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

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   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) on this day in history.  

Aug 06   John Wesley Work, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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   Albert Bridge creossing Thames opens in the year 1873.  

Aug 26   1st free kindergarten in the U.S. started by Susan Blow in Carondelet, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri on this day in history.  

Aug 26   Carl Wilhelm, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1873.  

Aug 26   In the year 1873 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   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 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   In the year 1873 birth of adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive (Paramount)  

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of lucien Capet, composer  

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of iuliu Maniu, Romanian politician (d. 1953)  

Jan 03   On this day in history john Lodge Ellerton, composer, dies at 71  

Jan 09   In the year 1873 death of emperor Napoleon III of France (b. 1808)  

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

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

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

Feb 01   On this day in history matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies  

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