Page 5: Historical Events In 1873

Jul 04   Aquarium opens in Woodward Gardens on this day in history.   

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   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   Louis Zimmermann, violinist/1st concert master of Concert building on this day in history.   

Jul 20   Witold Maliszewski, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 21   In the year 1873 jesse James & James Younger gang's 1st train robbery (Adair Iowa)   

Jul 22   On this day in history ettore Pozzoli, composer   

Aug 01   San Francisco - first cable car begins service in the year 1873.   

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

Aug 01   The first trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones in the year 1873.   

Aug 02   On this day in history 1st trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones   

Aug 02   In the year 1873 frank Mori, composer, dies at 53   

Aug 02   The first trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones on this day in history.   

Aug 03   In the year 1873 albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgian ambassador to Tokyo (1921-39)   

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) on this day in history.   

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

Aug 14   In the year 1873 "Forest and Stream" begins publishing   

Aug 18   1st ascent of Mount Whitney, Calif (14,494') in the year 1873.   

Aug 18   In the year 1873 leo Slezak, Austria tenor/actor (Othello)   

Aug 18   In the year 1873 the first ascent of Mount Whitney, Calif (14,494')   

Aug 19   On this day in history fred Stone, Longmont CO, acrobat/Broadway actor (Alice Adams)   

Aug 20   Eliel Saarinen, Finland, architect (GM Tech Institute, Mich) on this day in history.   

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

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

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   On this day in history carl Wilhelm, composer, dies at 57   

Aug 26   In the year 1873 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   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 in the year 1873.   

Jan 02   In the year 1873 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   On this day in history birth of karl Straube, German organist/conductor   

Jan 07   Adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive (Paramount) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   On this day in history 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   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   The Venerable Father Basil Anthony Marie Moreau, Founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799) died in the year 1873.   

Jan 28   Henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

Feb 01   In the year 1873 matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies   

Feb 07   Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (b. 1814) died in the year 1873.   

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