Page 5: Historical Events In 1873

Jul 04   On this day in history aquarium opens in Woodward Gardens   

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

Jul 10   On this day in history french poet Paul Verlaine wounds Arthur Rimbaud with pistol   

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

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

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

Jul 20   In the year 1873 witold Maliszewski, composer   

Jul 21   Jesse James & James Younger gang's 1st train robbery (Adair Iowa) in the year 1873.   

Jul 22   Ettore Pozzoli, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 01   On this day in history san Francisco - first cable car begins service   

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   1st trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones on this day in history.   

Aug 02   On this day in history 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   Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgian ambassador to Tokyo (1921-39) in the year 1873.   

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

Aug 04   In the year 1873 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   "Field & Stream" begins publishing in the year 1873.   

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

Aug 18   In the year 1873 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') in the year 1873.   

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) in the year 1873.   

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   In the year 1873 lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor (Audion vacuum (radio) tube)   

Aug 26   The first US public kindergarten is authorized in St. Louis, MO on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   In the year 1873 birth of mariano Azuela, Mexico, novelist (The Flies, The Bosses)   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist (Communist Tactics)   

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

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive (Paramount)   

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

Jan 08   Iuliu Maniu, Romanian politician (d. 1953) was born on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Feb 01   Matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies in the year 1873.   

Feb 07   In the year 1873 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