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

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 in the year 1873.   

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

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 in the year 1873.   

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   In the year 1873 albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgian ambassador to Tokyo (1921-39)   

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 in the year 1873.   

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   "Forest and Stream" begins publishing on this day in history.   

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

Aug 18   Leo Slezak, Austria tenor/actor (Othello) on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history karl Nef, Swiss musicologist   

Aug 23   In the year 1873 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 on this day in history.   

Aug 26   Carl Wilhelm, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

Aug 26   In the year 1873 lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor (Audion vacuum (radio) tube)   

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

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Jan 01   In the year 1873 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   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   In the year 1873 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   In the year 1873 death of edward George Bulwer-Lytton, English author (b. 1803)   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 01   In the year 1873 matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies   

Feb 07   Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (b. 1814) died in the year 1873.   

Feb 13   Petrus AS van Limburg Brouwer, [Abraham van Luik], literary, dies in the year 1873.