Page 2: Historical Events In 1873

Feb 12   Congress abolishes bimetallism &authorizes $1 &$3 gold coins in the year 1873.   

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

Feb 14   Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1873.   

Feb 20   U of Calif gets its 1st Med School (UC/SF) on this day in history.   

Feb 22   In the year 1873 muhammad Iqbal, Dutch East Indies lawyer/poet/philosopher   

Feb 23   In the year 1873 dmitri Arakishvili, composer   

Feb 25   In the year 1873 enrico Caruso, Naples Italy, operatic tenor (Faust)   

Feb 25   The birth of Enrico Caruso, Italian operatic tenor in the year 1873.   

Feb 26   Ewoud van Everdingen, Dutch meteorologist on this day in history.   

Feb 27   Dutch socialist Samuel van Wooden demands law against child labor in the year 1873.   

Feb 27   Enrico Carus opera singer tenor, was born in the year 1873.   

Feb 27   In the year 1873 enrico Carus opera singer: tenor, was born   

Mar 01   E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter in the year 1873.   

Mar 03   Congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps in the year 1873.   

Mar 03   US Congress & government raise own salary, retroactively on this day in history.   

Mar 03   On this day in history william Green, president of American Federation of Labor (1924-52)   

Mar 04   New York Daily Graphic, first illustrated daily newspaper in US, published in the year 1873.   

Mar 05   In the year 1873 marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer, dies at 34   

Mar 07   US marines attack Panama on this day in history.   

Mar 09   Royal Canadian Mounted Police founded on this day in history.   

Mar 10   Jakob Wassermann, Germany, novelist (My Life as German & Jew) on this day in history.   

Mar 14   On this day in history johannes Aengenent, sociologist/bishop of Haarlem (1928-35)   

Mar 15   David Vaughan Thomas, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 16   In the year 1873 hippoliet Daeye, Flemish painter (Sereniteit)   

Mar 17   Chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31) on this day in history.   

Mar 19   Max Reger, Brand Bavaria, composer/pianist/prof (Leipzig Univ) on this day in history.   

Mar 20   Adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1873.   

Mar 20   Sergei V Rachmaninov, Russian/US pianist/composer (Aleko) [NS=Apr 1] on this day in history.   

Mar 22   In the year 1873 slavery is abolished in Puerto Rico   

Mar 25   Rudolf Rocker, German/US anarchist on this day in history.   

Mar 26   [Louise] Sophie de Vries, actress (On Hope of Blessing) on this day in history.   

Mar 30   Benedict Augustin Morel, psychologist (dementia praecox), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Apr 01   In the year 1873 british White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die   

Apr 01   In the year 1873 sergei Rachmaninoff, Novgorod Russia, composer (Prelude in C# Minor)   

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

Jan 02   Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist (Communist Tactics) was born on this day in history.   

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   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   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   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   On this day in history henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57   

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.