Historical Events In 1873

Jul 04   In the year 1873 aquarium opens in Woodward Gardens  

Jul 06   Paul Keller, German writer (Ferien vom Ich) on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1873 antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto)  

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) in the year 1873.  

Jul 22   Ettore Pozzoli, composer in the year 1873.  

Aug 01   San Francisco - first cable car begins service on this day in history.  

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

Aug 01   On this day in history the first trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones  

Aug 02   In the year 1873 1st trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones  

Aug 02   Frank Mori, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1873.  

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1873 john Rosamond Johnson, Fla, co-composer (Lift Every Voice & Sing)  

Aug 14   On this day in history "Field & Stream" begins publishing  

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

Aug 18   In the year 1873 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   Fred Stone, Longmont CO, acrobat/Broadway actor (Alice Adams) in the year 1873.  

Aug 20   In the year 1873 eliel Saarinen, Finland, architect (GM Tech Institute, Mich)  

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

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 in the year 1873.  

Aug 26   Lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor (Audion vacuum (radio) tube) on this day in history.  

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

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of thérèse de Lisieux, French Roman-Catholic nun (d. 1897)  

Jan 03   In the year 1873 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   Lucien Capet, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03   John Lodge Ellerton, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Emperor Napoleon III of France (b. 1808) died in the year 1873.  

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

Jan 20   On this day in history 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   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   Petrus AS van Limburg Brouwer, [Abraham van Luik], literary, dies in the year 1873.