1873

Year 1873 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 12-day slower ).

January - March

 * - : First Battle of the Stronghold during the.
 * -  deposes King  and proclaims the.
 * - Former foreign minister becomes prime minister of the new Spanish Republic.
 * - The opens its first  in.
 * - of  start production of the first practical.
 * - : The enacts the, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail.
 * -  begins his second term.
 * - The fraternity is founded at the.
 * - The fraternity is founded at the.

April - June

 * - The steamer  sinks off  killing 547.
 * - - : Second Battle of the Stronghold.
 * May - exhibits  at an  county fair, which is taken up by  and, who invent a machine to mass-produce it.
 * - Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds.
 * The Parliament establishes the  (which will be renamed the  in ).
 * First running of the horse race in
 * C. Laan brings order to the chaos created by the dockworker riots of.
 * The city of falls to n forces, under the command of General.
 * - : The ends with the capture of.
 * - in  destroyed by fire only a fortnight after its opening.
 * - : The ends with the capture of.
 * - in  destroyed by fire only a fortnight after its opening.

July - September

 * - joins the.
 * - At, and the  pull off the first successful  in the  West (US$3,000 from the Rock Island Express).
 * - : While protecting a survey party in, the , under Lieutenant Colonel , clash for the first time with the  (near the ; only one man on each side is killed).
 * - A peace treaty is signed between and the, making the khanate a Russian protectorate.
 * - troops leave  upon completion of payment of indemnity for.
 * - The Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, later, opens its doors with 25 students, including two women.
 * - stock market crash, triggering the  (again part of the Long Depression).
 * - Classes begin at.

October - December

 * - Formation of the  Club.
 * - becomes 's second.
 * - From, and , , Hungary's capital is formed.
 * - Women of, march against the retail liquor dealers in town to inaugurate the Woman's Crusade of 1873-74. This led to the creation of the.
 * -  is founded in, the.
 * - is attacked outside of  by Black Flag mercenaries fighting for the Vietnamese.

Undated

 * are founded. The oldest pro sports team still playing in North America.
 * are founded.
 * The declares war against 's King Kofi KariKari, who was involved in the trading of . The war ended by July and the British established the.
 * begins making in.
 * first synthesized.
 * Swedish arms company is incorporated.
 * In, to  railroad completed.
 * Royal Montreal Club in is founded, becoming the first permanent  club in.
 * Britain puts pressure on Sultan Barghash Sayyid who closes slave markets in
 * composes
 * Womans Temperance League organized by
 * is officially completed in,.
 * Nine s were imported to, the first Pekins in the United States.

January - June

 * -,  and  (d. )
 * -, Austrian-born film studio pioneer (d. )
 * -, Romanian politician (d. )
 * -, Canadian athlete (d. )
 * -, Greek runner (d. )
 * -, Danish writer, laureate (d. )
 * -, French writer (d. )
 * -, an administrator and Provincial of  (d. )
 * -, French film director (d. )
 * -, German aviation pioneer (d. )
 * -, Canadian athlete (d. )
 * -, Russian bass (d. )
 * -, German-born chemist, laureate (d. )
 * -, Italian tenor (d. )
 * -, American labor leader (d. )
 * -, English-born film executive (d. )
 * -, German composer (d. )


 * ;  -, Russian composer and pianist (d. )
 * -, baseball player and manager (d. )
 * -, and  (d. )
 * -, English cricketer (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, Canadian film director (d. )
 * -, Mayor of Chicago (d. )
 * , French novelist and journalist (d. )
 * , English feminist writer (d. )
 * -, Irish politician (d. )
 * -, German-born pharmacologist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, French surgeon and biologist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, French surgeon and biologist, recipient of the (d. )

July - December

 * -, French-American filmmaker (d. )
 * -, Brazilian aviation pioneer (d. )
 * -, American gynecologist (d. )
 * -, American inventor (d. )
 * -, American military officer, inventor, engineer (d. )
 * -, president of (d. )
 * , pioneer film director (d. )
 * , Hungarian-born race car driver (d. )
 * -, jazz musician (d. )
 * -, Polish novelist and translator (d. )
 * -, U.S. Congressman for Maryland's . (d. )
 * -, American etiquette expert (d. )
 * -, American businessman (d. )
 * -, American athlete (d. )
 * , Dutch skater and cyclist (d. )
 * , American er (d. )
 * , (d. )
 * , Bengali statesman (d. )
 * -, American blues composer (d. )
 * -, English cricketer (d. )
 * -, American novelist (d. )
 * -, Slovenian mathematician (d. )
 * -, English writer (d. )
 * -, Nottinghamshire (d. )
 * -, American politician (d. )
 * date unknown
 * , Irish writer (d. )
 * , assassin of U.S. President (d. )
 * , American philosopher (d. )
 * date unknown
 * , Irish writer (d. )
 * , assassin of U.S. President (d. )
 * , American philosopher (d. )


 * See also .

January - June

 * -, last (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )
 * -, Hindu religious leader (b. )
 * -, Founder of the (b. )
 * -, Irish writer (b. )
 * -, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. )
 * -, American botanist (b. )
 * -, U.S. general (b. )
 * -, German chemist (b. )
 * -, English actor (b. )
 * -, Scottish explorer of Africa (b. )
 * -, first (b. )
 * -, (b.)
 * -, British philosopher (b. )
 * - ,First Romania's reigning (b. )
 * -, Canadian statesman (b. )
 * -, palaeontologist (b. )
 * -, Canadian politician (b. )

July - December

 * - (b. )
 * -, morganatic husband of
 * -, Scottish adventurer and Australian pioneer (b. )
 * -, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. )
 * -, French astronomer (b. )
 * -, English historian and antiquarian (b. )
 * -, Swiss-born geologist and naturalist (b. )


 * See also .

Genealogical Resources

 * 1873 Return of Owners of Land