Page 5: Historical Events In 1873

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

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

Jul 10   In the year 1873 french poet Paul Verlaine wounds Arthur Rimbaud with pistol   

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   On this day in history ferdinand David, Dutch violinist/composer, dies at 63   

Jul 17   Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto) on this day in history.   

Jul 19   Louis Zimmermann, violinist/1st concert master of Concert building in the year 1873.   

Jul 20   On this day in history witold Maliszewski, composer   

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

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   SF's 1st cable car begins service in the year 1873.   

Aug 01   On this day in history 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 in the year 1873.   

Aug 02   The first trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones in the year 1873.   

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 in the year 1873.   

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) in the year 1873.   

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

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   In the year 1873 leo Slezak, Austria tenor/actor (Othello)   

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   Eliel Saarinen, Finland, architect (GM Tech Institute, Mich) on this day in history.   

Aug 22   In the year 1873 karl Nef, Swiss musicologist   

Aug 23   Albert Bridge creossing Thames opens in the year 1873.   

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   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 in the year 1873.   

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Jan 01   Mariano Azuela, Mexico, novelist (The Flies, The Bosses) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   In the year 1873 birth of thérèse de Lisieux, French Roman-Catholic nun (d. 1897)   

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   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 in the year 1873.   

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 in the year 1873.   

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

Feb 07   Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (b. 1814) died on this day in history.   

Feb 13   Petrus AS van Limburg Brouwer, [Abraham van Luik], literary, dies on this day in history.