Page 5: Historical Events In 1873

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

Jul 06   Paul Keller, German writer (Ferien vom Ich) in the year 1873.   

Jul 10   French poet Paul Verlaine wounds Arthur Rimbaud with pistol in the year 1873.   

Jul 11   American whisky traders massacre group of Assiniboines; Cypress Hills Massacre forces the Government to send police to the Canadian West in the year 1873.   

Jul 14   Ferdinand David, Dutch violinist/composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Jul 17   Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto) in the year 1873.   

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   Jesse James & James Younger gang's 1st train robbery (Adair Iowa) in the year 1873.   

Jul 22   On this day in history ettore Pozzoli, composer   

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

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

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

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

Aug 03   On this day in history albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgian ambassador to Tokyo (1921-39)   

Aug 04   Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1873.   

Aug 11   In the year 1873 john Rosamond Johnson, Fla, co-composer (Lift Every Voice & Sing)   

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

Aug 14   On this day in history "Forest and Stream" begins publishing   

Aug 18   On this day in history 1st ascent of Mount Whitney, Calif (14,494')   

Aug 18   Leo Slezak, Austria tenor/actor (Othello) on this day in history.   

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) in the year 1873.   

Aug 20   Eliel Saarinen, Finland, architect (GM Tech Institute, Mich) in the year 1873.   

Aug 22   On this day in history karl Nef, Swiss musicologist   

Aug 23   On this day in history albert Bridge creossing Thames opens   

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1873 birth of ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese businessman (d. 1957)   

Jan 06   Karl Straube, German organist/conductor was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   In the year 1873 birth of adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive (Paramount)   

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

Jan 09   Emperor Napoleon III of France (b. 1808) died on this day in history.   

Jan 18   Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, English author (b. 1803) died in the year 1873.   

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 in the year 1873.   

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