Page 2: Historical Events In 1873

Feb 12   Congress abolishes bimetallism &authorizes $1 &$3 gold coins on this day in history.   

Feb 13   In the year 1873 petrus AS van Limburg Brouwer, [Abraham van Luik], literary, dies   

Feb 14   In the year 1873 charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, composer, dies at 52   

Feb 20   U of Calif gets its 1st Med School (UC/SF) in the year 1873.   

Feb 22   In the year 1873 muhammad Iqbal, Dutch East Indies lawyer/poet/philosopher   

Feb 23   Dmitri Arakishvili, composer in the year 1873.   

Feb 25   Enrico Caruso, Naples Italy, operatic tenor (Faust) on this day in history.   

Feb 25   On this day in history the birth of Enrico Caruso, Italian operatic tenor   

Feb 26   On this day in history ewoud van Everdingen, Dutch meteorologist   

Feb 27   In the year 1873 dutch socialist Samuel van Wooden demands law against child labor   

Feb 27   In the year 1873 enrico Carus opera singer tenor, was born   

Feb 27   Enrico Carus opera singer: tenor, was born on this day in history.   

Mar 01   On this day in history e. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.   

Mar 03   Congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps in the year 1873.   

Mar 03   US Congress & government raise own salary, retroactively in the year 1873.   

Mar 03   In the year 1873 william Green, president of American Federation of Labor (1924-52)   

Mar 04   New York Daily Graphic, first illustrated daily newspaper in US, published in the year 1873.   

Mar 05   Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer, dies at 34 in the year 1873.   

Mar 07   On this day in history uS marines attack Panama   

Mar 09   Royal Canadian Mounted Police founded in the year 1873.   

Mar 10   Jakob Wassermann, Germany, novelist (My Life as German & Jew) in the year 1873.   

Mar 14   Johannes Aengenent, sociologist/bishop of Haarlem (1928-35) in the year 1873.   

Mar 15   David Vaughan Thomas, composer in the year 1873.   

Mar 16   On this day in history hippoliet Daeye, Flemish painter (Sereniteit)   

Mar 17   Chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31) in the year 1873.   

Mar 19   On this day in history max Reger, Brand Bavaria, composer/pianist/prof (Leipzig Univ)   

Mar 20   In the year 1873 adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer, dies at 52   

Mar 20   Sergei V Rachmaninov, Russian/US pianist/composer (Aleko) [NS=Apr 1] in the year 1873.   

Mar 22   Slavery is abolished in Puerto Rico on this day in history.   

Mar 25   On this day in history rudolf Rocker, German/US anarchist   

Mar 26   In the year 1873 [Louise] Sophie de Vries, actress (On Hope of Blessing)   

Mar 30   On this day in history benedict Augustin Morel, psychologist (dementia praecox), dies at 63   

Apr 01   In the year 1873 british White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die   

Apr 01   In the year 1873 sergei Rachmaninoff, Novgorod Russia, composer (Prelude in C# Minor)   

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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   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   On this day in history birth of karl Straube, German organist/conductor   

Jan 07   In the year 1873 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   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   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 in the year 1873.   

Feb 01   On this day in history matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies   

Feb 07   On this day in history 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