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   French poet Paul Verlaine wounds Arthur Rimbaud with pistol in the year 1873.   

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

Jul 17   On this day in history antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto)   

Jul 19   On this day in history louis Zimmermann, violinist/1st concert master of Concert building   

Jul 20   Witold Maliszewski, composer in the year 1873.   

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

Jul 22   Ettore Pozzoli, composer in the year 1873.   

Aug 01   In the year 1873 san Francisco - first cable car begins service   

Aug 01   SF's 1st cable car begins service in the year 1873.   

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

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

Aug 02   On this day in history frank Mori, composer, dies at 53   

Aug 02   In the year 1873 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   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   In the year 1873 john Wesley Work, composer   

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

Aug 14   In the year 1873 "Field & Stream" begins publishing   

Aug 14   "Forest and Stream" begins publishing in the year 1873.   

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   In the year 1873 the first ascent of Mount Whitney, Calif (14,494')   

Aug 19   Fred Stone, Longmont CO, acrobat/Broadway actor (Alice Adams) on this day in history.   

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   Albert Bridge creossing Thames opens on this day in history.   

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

Aug 26   On this day in history 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   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   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   Karl Straube, German organist/conductor was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 08   Lucien Capet, composer was born in the year 1873.   

Jan 08   In the year 1873 birth of iuliu Maniu, Romanian politician (d. 1953)   

Jan 03   John Lodge Ellerton, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1873.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 20   The Venerable Father Basil Anthony Marie Moreau, Founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799) died on this day in history.   

Jan 28   In the year 1873 henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57   

Feb 01   Matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies on this day in history.   

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

Feb 13   On this day in history petrus AS van Limburg Brouwer, [Abraham van Luik], literary, dies