Events in year of 1873
- 01-01Origin of Japanese Era
- 01-06Pope Pius IX encyclical "On the Church in Armenia"
- 01-13P B S Pinchback relinquishes office at Louisiana Governor
- 01-14"Celluloid" registered as a trademark
- 01-14P B S Pinchback elected to Senate
- 01-22Britains SS Northfleet sinks at Dungeness England, 300 die
- 02-11Spanish Cortes fires King Amadeus I
- 02-12Congress abolishes bimetallism and authorizes $1 and $3 gold coins
- 02-20University of California gets its 1st Med School (UC / SF)
- 02-27Dutch socialist Samuel van Wooden demands law against child labor
- 03-03Congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps
- 03-03US Congress and government raise own salary, retroactively
- 03-09Royal Canadian Mounted Police founded
- 04-01British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die
- 04-01Mehmed Kemals play "Vatan" premeres in Constantinople
- 04-13Colfax Massacre in Grant Parish Louisiana (60 blacks killed)
- 05-011st US postal card issued
- 05-01International Exhibition opens in Vienna
- 05-07US marines attack Panama
- 05-231st Preakness: G Barbee aboard Survivor wins in 2:43
- 05-23Postal cards sold in SF for 1st time
- 06-041st contract workers of British-Indies Co arrives in Suriname
- 06-05Sultan Bargash closes slave market of Zanzibar
- 06-077th Belmont: James Roe aboard Springbok wins in 3:01.75
- 06-18Susan B Anthony fined $100 for attempting to vote for President
- 06-22Prince Edward Island joins Canada
- 07-01Henry Flipper of Georgia is 2nd black to enter West Point
- 07-01Prince Edward Island becomes 7th Canadian province
- 07-04Aquarium opens in Woodward Gardens
- 07-10French Poet Paul Verlaine wounds Arthur Rimbaud with pistol
People born in year of 1873
- 01-01Mariano Azuela: Mexico -- Novelist (The Flies, The Bosses)
- 01-02Anton Pannekoek: Dutch astronomer / marxist theorist (Communist Tactics)
- 01-06Karl Straube: German Organist / conductor
- 01-07Adolph Zukor: Hungary -- Movie producer / director / executive (Paramount)
- 01-08Lucien Capet: Composer
- 01-15Max Adler: Austria -- Sociologist / socialist theorist
- 01-16Boyd Alexander: English explorer
- 01-17Francois Rasse: Composer
- 01-19Hans E Blaich: Writer
- 01-20Charles A Ellwood: United States -- Sociologist / psychologist
- 01-20Johannes V Jensen: Denmark -- Novelist / poet (Energy Storage, Nobel 1944)
- 01-28Colette: Writer
- 01-30Rose Melville: Actress (Sis)
- 02-01Clara Butt: Southwick, Sussex -- Contralto (Country of Hope & Glory)
- 02-02Freiherr Konstantin von Neurath: German Secretary of State (1932-38)
- 02-02Johan P Earl van Limburg Stirum: Dutch diplomat
- 02-02Leopold Fall: Austria -- Operetta composer (Dollar Princess)
- 02-03Ernest B Allo: French theologist
- 02-11Feodor Chaliapine: Russian author / Novelist (Pages from My Life)
- 02-22Muhammad Iqbal: Dutch East Indies lawyer / poet / philosopher
- 02-23Dmitri Arakishvili: Composer
- 02-26Ewoud van Everdingen: Dutch meteorologist
- 03-03William Green: President of American Federation of Labor (1924-52)
- 03-10Jakob Wassermann: Germany -- Novelist (My Life as German and Jew)
- 03-14Joannes DJ Aengenent: Sociologist / Bishop of Haarlem (1928-35)
- 03-15David Vaughan Thomas: Composer
- 03-15Lee Shubert: Producer (theatres in New York and LA named after him)
- 03-16Hippoliet Daeye: Flemish painter (Sereniteit)
- 03-17Chard Somerset: 1st woman Cabinet Minister (1929-31)
- 03-19Max Reger: Brand, Bavaria -- Composer / pianist / Professor (Leipzig University)
People died in year of 1873
- 01-03John Lodge Ellerton: Composer, dies at 71
- 01-28Henry Hugo Pierson: Composer, dies at 57
- 02-01Matthew Maury: Hydrographer
- 02-13Petrus AS van Limburg Brouwer [Abraham van Luik]: Literary
- 02-14Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg: Composer, dies at 52
- 03-05Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor: Composer, dies at 34
- 03-20Adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis: Composer, dies at 52
- 03-30Benedict Augustin Morel: Psychologist (dementia praecox), dies at 63
- 04-13Carlo Coccia: Composer, dies at 90
- 04-17Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky: Composer, dies at 60
- 04-18Justus Freiherr von Liebig: German chemist, dies at 69
- 04-25Walter de la Mare: Engl Poet / Author (Behold the Dreamer), dies at 43
- 04-28A Manzoni: Writer, dies at 88
- 05-08John Stuart Mill: Great Empiricist philosopher, dies at 66
- 05-13Kaspar Masek: Composer, dies at 79
- 05-15Alexander J Cuza: Monarch of Moldavia / Romania, dies at 53
- 05-26August Conradi: Composer, dies at 51
- 06-02Francois Hainl: Composer, dies at 65
- 06-13Angelo Maurizio Gaspare Mariani: Composer, dies at 51
- 06-14Friedrich von Raumer: German Historian / parliamentarian, dies at 92
- 07-03Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski: Composer, dies at 57
- 07-14Ferdinand David: Dutch violinist / composer, dies at 63
- 08-02Frank Mori: Composer, dies at 53
- 08-26Carl Wilhelm: Composer, dies at 57
- 08-31Charles F Pahud de Montagnes: Governor-General (Dutch East Indies), dies at 70
- 09-20Lulu Strauss und Torney: German poetess / writer
- 09-28Emile Gaboriau: Detective writer (Monsieur Lecoq), dies at 37
- 10-02Cornelius Varley: Water-color painter
- 10-29Ernest Feydeau: French author, dies at 52
- 10-29Johan N M J: King of Saxon (1854-73)
Events in year of 1874
- 01-01New York City annexes the Bronx
- 01-13Battle between jobless and police in NYC, 100s injuried
- 01-13US troops land in Honolulu to protect the King
- 01-14I D Shadd elected Speaker of lower house of Miss legislature
- 01-17Armed Democrats seize Texas government ending Radical Reconstruction
- 01-31Jesse James gang robs train at Gads Hill, Missouri
- 02-12King David Kalakaua of Sandwich Is Hawaii, is 1st King to visit US
- 02-21Benjamin Disraeli replaces William Gladstone as English Premier
- 02-21Oakland Daily Tribune begins publication
- 02-23Major Walter Winfield patents game called "sphairistike" (lawn tennis)
- 04-05"Die Fledermaus" 1st performed (Vienna)
- 04-15New York legislature passes compulsory education law
- 04-16Dr David Livingstones corpse arrives in Southampton
- 04-19Barracks on Alcatraz Island destroyed in fire
- 04-27White League, Paramilitary white supremacist organization, forms
- 05-05Dutch 2nd Chamber passes child labor law
- 05-09Victoria Embankment, in London opens
- 05-12US Assay Office in Helena, Montana authorized
- 05-13Pope Pius IX encyclical "On Greek-Ruthenian rite"
- 05-141st admission charge at a football game, Harvard beats McGill 3-0
- 05-14Harvard beats University of McGill (Montreal) in football, 3-0
- 05-161st recorded dam disaster in US (Williamsburg, Massachusetts)
- 05-20Levi Strauss markets blue jeans with copper rivets, price $13.50 doz
- 05-29Present constitution of Switzerland takes effect
- 06-201st US Lifesaving Medal awarded (Lucian Clemons)
- 06-22Dr Andrew T Sill, of Macon Missouri, finds science of osteopathy
- 06-22Game of lawn tennis introduced
- 07-011st Chamber accept law against child labor
- 07-011st US kidnapping for ransom, 4-year-old Charles Ross, $20,000
- 07-011st US zoo opens (Philadelphia)
People born in year of 1874
- 01-01Hugo Leichtentritt: Composer
- 01-04Josef Suk: Czechoslovakia -- Violinist / composer (Asrael)
- 01-04Sven Fleuron: Writer
- 01-05Joseph Erlanger: Doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944)
- 01-13Jozef E van Roey: Flemish Cardinal / Archbishop of Mechlin
- 01-14Thornton Waldo Burgess: Author (Peter Rabbit)
- 01-16Robert Service: England, United Kingdom -- Canadian poet (Cremation of Sam McGee)
- 01-22Wincenty Witoz: Galicia, Poland -- Prime Minister of Poland (1920-21, 1923, 1926)
- 01-24Arthur Shomburg: Famous African
- 01-25[William] Somerset Maugham: Paris, France -- Novelist / poet (Of Human Bondage)
- 01-25Hewlett Johnson [Red Dean of Canterbury]: English Bishop
- 01-29John David Rockefeller, Jr.: Cleveland, Ohio -- Philanthropist
- 01-29Robert Lach: Composer
- 02-01Hugo von Hofmannsthal: Austria -- Poet / dramatist / essayist
- 02-03Franklyn Dyall: Liverpool, England -- Actor (Easy Virtue)
- 02-06Milton Bennett Medary: United States -- Architect (Washington Chapel)
- 02-09Amy Lowell: US poet / critic (Patterns, Sword Blades & Poppy Seed)
- 02-09Vsevolod Meyerhold: Russian theatrical director / actor (Houligan)
- 02-11Fritz Bennicke Hart: Composer
- 02-13Hendrik Spiekman: Dutch politician (social-democratic)
- 02-15Emilis Melngailis: Composer
- 02-15Ernest H Shackleton: Kilkee, Ireland -- Explorer (Endurance, Antarctica)
- 02-17Thomas J Watson: United States -- Representative / founder (IBM)
- 02-20Mary Garden: Aberdeen, Scotland -- Opera star
- 02-24Honus Wagner: HOF shortstop (Pittsburgh Pirates, 1900-17)
- 02-26Carl Vogler: Composer
- 02-27Max Ettinger: Composer
- 02-28Soledad Jiminez: Santander, Spain -- Actor (Phantom ofthe Range)
- 03-01Jean de Merode [Marie-Louise B Courtenay]: Princess of the Netherlands
- 03-05Arthur van Schendel: Dutch writer (The World a Dancing Party)
People died in year of 1874
- 01-17Chang and Eng Bunker: Chinese / Thai Siamese twins, dies at 62
- 01-19H v Fallersleben: Writer, dies at 75
- 02-08David F Strauss: German theologist, dies at 66
- 02-09Jules Michelet: French Historian (History of France), dies at 75
- 02-17[Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet: Belg astronomer / sociologist, dies at 77
- 02-24Anselmo Clave: Composer, dies at 49
- 03-08Millard Fillmore: 13th President (1850-53), dies at 74
- 03-11Charles Sumner: A white civil rights leader, dies at 63
- 03-20Hans Christian Lumbye: Composer, dies at 63
- 04-14Hermanus J Abbring: Dutch Author / engineer on Curacao, dies at 86
- 04-19Owen Jones: Architect
- 05-01Vilem Blodek: Composer, dies at 39
- 06-22Howard Staunton: World chess champion, designer of chess pieces
- 07-11Xavier FMG Earl Merode: Belg pontifical defense minister, dies at 54
- 08-22Sydney Thompson Dobell: Poet
- 08-27Johan George Schwartze: Painter
- 08-27John Henry Foley: Sculptor
- 10-06Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen: Composer, dies at 50
- 10-26Peter Cornelius: German composer, dies at 49
- 11-09Israel Bak: Created 1st Hebrew printing press
- 12-16Abraham Capadose: Physician / missionary, dies at 79
- 12-22Johann Peter Pixis: Composer, dies at 86
Events in year of 1875
- 01-05President Grant sends federal troops to Vicksburg, Mississippi
- 01-25Anti-slavery society forms (NY)
- 01-26Electric dental drill is patented by George F Green
- 02-04Princess Louise marries Prince Philip von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha in Belg
- 02-25Kiowa Indians under Lone Wolf (Guipago) surrender at Ft Sill
- 03-01Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Ct, 1883
- 03-031st recorded hockey game (Montreal)
- 03-03Congress authorizes 20 cent coin, lasts only 3 years
- 03-151st US Cardinal (John McCloskey) invested
- 04-17"Snooker" (variation of pool) invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain
- 04-25Latest date for measurable snow in NYC (3")
- 05-01238 members of "Whiskey Ring" accused of anti-US activities
- 05-07German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed
- 05-11George "Charmer" Zettlein pitches the 1st 9 inning shutout
- 05-121st recorded shutout in pro baseball, Chicago 1, St. Louis 0
- 05-16Quake in Venezuela and Colombia kills 16,000
- 05-171st Kentucky Derby: Oliver Lewis aboard Aristides wins in 2:37.75
- 05-20International Bureau of Weights & Measures forms by treaty
- 06-02James Augustine Healey became 1st Black Catholic Bishop in US
- 06-03Alexander Graham Bell makes 1st voice transmission
- 06-04Pacific Stock Exchange opens
- 06-05Pacific Stock Exchange formally opens
- 06-06Netherlands goes on the gold standard
- 06-19Formal opening of US Marine Hospital at Presidio
- 06-22Garonne Flood: great damage in Verdun and Toulouse, kills about 1,000
- 07-01Universal Postal Union established
- 07-04White Democrats kill several blacks in terrorist attacks in Vicksburg
- 07-07Jesse James robs train in Otterville, Missouri
- 07-19Emma Abbott, a floating hospital for sick kids, makes trial trip, New York City
- 08-14Society of Regte Afrikaanders establishes in Paarl
People born in year of 1875
- 01-01Charles Rist: French economist
- 01-07Thomas Hicks: English / US marathon runner (1904 Olympics - Gold Medalist)
- 01-11Reinhold Gliere: Composer
- 01-12Marika Stiernstedt: Swedish author (Ulla Bella)
- 01-14Albert Schweitzer: Doctor / humanitarian / Organist (Nobel 1954)
- 01-21John Lindworsky: German Jesuit / psychologist (Der Wille)
- 01-21Paul E Kahle: Germany -- Professor of Oriental Studies
- 01-22Bonifacius C de Jonge: Governor (Dutch East Indies)
- 01-22Thomas W Ross: Actor (Without Limit, Kings Row, 17, Mortal Storm)
- 01-28Julian Antonio Carillo-Trujillo: Composer
- 02-01Eddie Pola: Composer (Lullabye of Broadway)
- 02-02Annette Kolb: German / French author (Small Fanfare)
- 02-02Fritz Kreisler: Vienna, Austria -- Violinist / composer
- 02-04Ludwig Prandtl: Germany -- Physicist (father of aerodynamics)
- 02-04Raymond Moulaert: Composer
- 02-07Erkki Gustav Melartin: Composer
- 02-07Walter Courvoisier: Composer
- 02-09Sidney Hugo Nicholson: Composer
- 02-11Sara Wennerberg-Reuter: Composer
- 02-18Walter Andrae: German archaeologist (Babylon, Assur)
- 02-23Jozef E Stokvis: Journalist / Dutch MP (SDAP)
- 02-26Richard Wetz: Composer
- 02-28Viliam Figus: Composer
- 03-02Hans Lietzman: German theologist / church historian
- 03-04Alberto Vaccari: Italian Jesuit / Old Testament Scholar / interpreter
- 03-04Enrique Larreta [E R Maza]: Argentine diplomat (Gloria de Don Ramiro)
- 03-04Suze Groeneweg: 1st Dutch female parliament member (SDAP, 1918-37)
- 03-09Martin Fallas Shaw: Composer
- 03-10Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser: Composer
- 03-12Julio Garreta: Composer
People died in year of 1875
- 01-03George Bizet: Composer
- 01-18Joseph Philbrick Webster: Composer, dies at 55
- 01-23Charles Kingsley: English vicar / writer (Westward Ho!), dies at 55
- 01-25Leopold Jansa: Composer, dies at 79
- 02-01William Sterndale Bennett: Composer, dies at 58
- 02-03Everhardus J Potgieter: Writer (Liedekens van Bontekoe), dies at 66
- 02-19Jean B Vuillaume: French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76
- 02-22Charles Lyell: British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77
- 03-10Louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul: Composer, dies at 84
- 03-18Ferdinand Laub: Composer, dies at 43
- 03-30Marie Moke Pleyel: Composer, dies at 63
- 04-07Georg Herwegh: Writer, dies at 57
- 04-11Heinrich Schwabe: Discoverer (11-year sunspot cycle)
- 04-24Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura: Composer, dies at 58
- 05-05Jan A C A van Nispen tot Sevenaer: Dutch MP (1848-75), dies at 71
- 05-20Amalia: Wife of King Otto of Greece, dies at 58
- 05-23Johann Wilhelm Mangold: Composer, dies at 78
- 06-15Johan Peter Cronhamm: Composer, dies at 72
- 06-29Ferdinand I KLJM de Goedige: Emperor of Austria, dies at 82
- 07-09Francis Preston Blair, Jr.: Famed St. Louis lawyer, dies at 54
- 07-17Gabor Matray: Composer, dies at 77
- 07-23Isaac Merritt Singer: Inventor (sewing machine), dies at 63
- 07-31Andrew Johnson: 17th pres, dies in Tennessee at 66
- 08-04Hans Christian Andersen: Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70
- 08-10Karl (Theodor) Andree: German journalist (Globus), dies at 66
- 08-31Oskar Peschel: German geographer (Physicist Erdkunde), dies at 49
- 09-15Jeanne-Louise Farrenc: Composer, dies at 71
- 10-10Aleksei K Tolstoi [Kozjma Prutkov]: Russian Poet / writer, dies at 58
- 10-28William Howard Glover: Composer, dies at 56
- 11-02JWW Birch: 1st British resident of Perak Malakka, murdered