Historical Events In 1873

Apr 01   On this day in history the birth of Sergei Rachmaninov, Russian composer   

Apr 08   Alfred Paraf of New York City patented the first successful oleomargarine in the year 1873.   

Apr 08   British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die in the year 1873.   

Apr 13   Carlo Coccia, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

Apr 13   On this day in history colfax Massacre in Grant Parish Louisiana (60 blacks killed)   

Apr 13   Theodore Morse, composer in the year 1873.   

Apr 14   In the year 1873 viktor Joseph Keldorfer, composer   

Apr 17   On this day in history semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky, composer, dies at 60   

Apr 18   In the year 1873 jean Roger-Ducasse, composer   

Apr 18   Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Apr 19   On this day in history sydney Barnes, cricketer (probably England's greatest bowler)   

Apr 22   Ellen Anderson Glasgow, US, novelist (Ancient Law, Pulitzer-1942) on this day in history.   

Apr 24   In the year 1873 theodor Korner von Siegringen, Austrian general/president   

Apr 25   In the year 1873 walter de la Mare, Engl poet/author (Behold the Dreamer), dies at 43   

Apr 26   Otto zur Linde, German author (Charon) on this day in history.   

Apr 27   On this day in history harry M O'Connor, Chicago IL, actor (Stranger than Fiction)   

Apr 28   On this day in history a Manzoni, writer, dies at 88   

Apr 28   Harold Bauer, English/US pianist (Beethoven-Association) on this day in history.   

Apr 29   Alida J M Tartaud-Klein, actress/stage star (Rotterdam Stage) on this day in history.   

May 01   On this day in history 1st US postal card issued   

May 01   David Livingstone, British physician/explorer (Africa), dies at 60 in the year 1873.   

May 01   Emperor Franz Jozef opens 5th World's Fair in Wien (Vienna) in the year 1873.   

May 01   The first US postal card issued in the year 1873.   

May 03   On this day in history nikolay N Tcherepnin, St Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs [OS]   

May 07   On this day in history clarence Dickinson, composer   

May 07   On this day in history uS marines attack Panama   

May 08   Henry Leveson-Gower, cricketer (England capt 1909-10 later official) on this day in history.   

May 08   On this day in history john Stuart Mill, great Empiricist philosopher, dies at 66   

May 09   In the year 1873 der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.   

May 09   Howard Carter, British archaeologist (found King Tutankhamen's tomb) in the year 1873.   

May 09   The birth of Howard Carter, English egyptologist on this day in history.   

May 10   Carl J Eldh, Swedish sculptor in the year 1873.   

May 12   Oscar II of Sweden-Norway is crowned King of Sweden on this day in history.   

May 13   In the year 1873 kaspar Masek, composer, dies at 79   

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

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

Jan 02   In the year 1873 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   Karl Straube, German organist/conductor was born in the year 1873.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Emperor Napoleon III of France (b. 1808) died in the year 1873.   

Jan 18   On this day in history 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   Petrus AS van Limburg Brouwer, [Abraham van Luik], literary, dies on this day in history.