Historical Events In 1873

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

Jul 06   In the year 1873 paul Keller, German writer (Ferien vom Ich)   

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

Jul 11   On this day in history 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 in the year 1873.   

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

Jul 21   Jesse James & James Younger gang's 1st train robbery (Adair Iowa) on this day in history.   

Jul 22   Ettore Pozzoli, composer in the year 1873.   

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

Aug 01   SF's 1st cable car begins service in the year 1873.   

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 in the year 1873.   

Aug 02   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.   

Aug 06   In the year 1873 john Wesley Work, composer   

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   "Forest and Stream" begins publishing on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1873 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 in the year 1873.   

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 in the year 1873.   

Aug 26   Carl Wilhelm, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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 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   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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 08   In the year 1873 birth of lucien Capet, composer   

Jan 08   Iuliu Maniu, Romanian politician (d. 1953) was born in the year 1873.   

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   On this day in history death of edward George Bulwer-Lytton, English author (b. 1803)   

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   On this day in history death of sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (b. 1814)   

Feb 13   On this day in history petrus AS van Limburg Brouwer, [Abraham van Luik], literary, dies