Historical Events In 1873

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

Jul 06   On this day in history paul Keller, German writer (Ferien vom Ich)   

Jul 10   In the year 1873 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   In the year 1873 ferdinand David, Dutch violinist/composer, dies at 63   

Jul 17   In the year 1873 antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto)   

Jul 19   In the year 1873 louis Zimmermann, violinist/1st concert master of Concert building   

Jul 20   Witold Maliszewski, composer in the year 1873.   

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

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

Aug 01   San Francisco - first cable car begins service on this day in history.   

Aug 01   In the year 1873 sF's 1st cable car begins service   

Aug 01   In the year 1873 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 on this day in history.   

Aug 02   In the year 1873 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) on this day in history.   

Aug 04   In the year 1873 damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War   

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 on this day in history.   

Aug 14   In the year 1873 "Forest and Stream" begins publishing   

Aug 18   1st ascent of Mount Whitney, Calif (14,494') in the year 1873.   

Aug 18   Leo Slezak, Austria tenor/actor (Othello) in the year 1873.   

Aug 18   The first ascent of Mount Whitney, Calif (14,494') in the year 1873.   

Aug 19   Fred Stone, Longmont CO, acrobat/Broadway actor (Alice Adams) on this day in history.   

Aug 20   Eliel Saarinen, Finland, architect (GM Tech Institute, Mich) on this day in history.   

Aug 22   In the year 1873 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   Carl Wilhelm, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1873.   

Aug 26   Lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor (Audion vacuum (radio) tube) in the year 1873.   

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

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Jan 01   On this day in history 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   Thérèse de Lisieux, French Roman-Catholic nun (d. 1897) was born in the year 1873.   

Jan 03   Ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese businessman (d. 1957) was born in the year 1873.   

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   On this day in history birth of lucien Capet, composer   

Jan 08   In the year 1873 birth of iuliu Maniu, Romanian politician (d. 1953)   

Jan 03   In the year 1873 john Lodge Ellerton, composer, dies at 71   

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

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

Jan 20   On this day in history death of the Venerable Father Basil Anthony Marie Moreau, Founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799)   

Jan 28   In the year 1873 henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57   

Feb 01   Matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 07   On this day in history death of sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (b. 1814)   

Feb 13   Petrus AS van Limburg Brouwer, [Abraham van Luik], literary, dies in the year 1873.