Page 6: Historical Events In 1873

Aug 30   Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Joseph Land in the Arctic Sea on this day in history.   

Aug 31   On this day in history charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen (Dutch East Indies), dies at 70   

Sep 01   On this day in history cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.   

Sep 01   In the year 1873 guy Standing, English actor (Cradle Song)   

Sep 06   Regular Cable Car service begins on Clay Street on this day in history.   

Sep 08   David O McKay, Huntsville, Utah, 9th pres of Mormon church in the year 1873.   

Sep 09   In the year 1873 edward Burlingame Hill, composer   

Sep 12   In the year 1873 sul-To-Wan, [Nellie Conley], US actress (Uncle Tom's Cabin)   

Sep 15   On this day in history last German troops leave France   

Sep 16   German troops leave France in the year 1873.   

Sep 17   In the year 1873 19 students attend opening class at Ohio State University   

Sep 18   In the year 1873 govt bond agent Jay Cooke & Co collapses, causing panic on Wall St   

Sep 19   Black Friday Jay Cooke & Co fails, causing a securities panic on this day in history.   

Sep 19   On this day in history black Friday: Jay Cooke & Co fails, causing a securities panic   

Sep 20   In the year 1873 lulu Strauss und Torney, German poetess/writer, dies   

Sep 20   In the year 1873 panic sweeps NY Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure)   

Sep 20   In the year 1873 panic sweeps NY Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure) NY shut banks for 10 days due to a bank scandal   

Sep 20   On this day in history robert D Wrenn, tennis champ (US Open   

Sep 23   In the year 1873 tom Allen beats Mike McCale for Heavyweight Boxing title   

Sep 26   Amilcare Zanella, composer in the year 1873.   

Sep 28   Emile Gaboriau, detective writer (Monsieur Lecoq), dies at 37 on this day in history.   

Sep 28   Julian Lowell Coolidge, Mass, mathematician (Study-Segre school) on this day in history.   

Oct 02   On this day in history cornelius Varley, water-color painter, dies   

Oct 02   Pelham Warner, cricketer (England 1898-1912, later notable official) in the year 1873.   

Oct 03   In the year 1873 captain Jack and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War.   

Oct 03   On this day in history kintpuash, [Captain Jack], fought Modoc indians, Oregon, dies   

Oct 03   The Grand Trunk Railway converts the gauge of its line between Stratford and Montreal, 421 miles together with 60 miles of sidings, from 5' 6" to the standard gauge of 4' 8 1/2". The track work was completed in 24 hours and occasioned but 16 hours interruption in the use of the main line in the year 1873.   

Oct 04   Toronto Argonaut Football Club forms in the year 1873.   

Oct 06   Oscar George Theodore Sonneck, composer in the year 1873.   

Oct 08   1st women's prison run by women opens at Indiana Reformatory Institute in the year 1873.   

Oct 08   On this day in history ejnar Hertzsprung, Denmark, astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram)   

Oct 09   Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (Schwarzschild effect) on this day in history.   

Oct 11   On this day in history toronto Argonaut Football Club 1st game losing to U of Toronto   

Oct 14   On this day in history jose Serrano Simeon, composer   

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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   Karl Straube, German organist/conductor was born in the year 1873.   

Jan 07   Adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive (Paramount) was born in the year 1873.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Feb 07   On this day in history death of sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (b. 1814)   

Feb 13   In the year 1873 petrus AS van Limburg Brouwer, [Abraham van Luik], literary, dies