1873 Calendar
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1873 Historical Event(s)
January 1, 1873
– Japan begins using the Gregorian calendar.
February 18, 1873
– Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
March 1, 1873
– E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
April 1, 1873
– The British steamer RMS Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547.
April 13, 1873
– The Colfax Massacre takes place.
May 12, 1873
– Oscar II is crowned King of Sweden.
August 2, 1873
– The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco’s famous cable car system.
August 30, 1873
– Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Joseph Land in the Arctic Sea.
September 1, 1873
– Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
September 15, 1873
– Franco-Prussian War: The last German troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.
Who Were Born On 1873?
January 8, 1873
– Elena of Montenegro, queen of Italy (d. 1956)
January 10, 1873
– Jack O'Neill, Irish-born baseball player (d. 1935)
February 2, 1873
– Leo Fall, Austrian operatta composer (d. 1925)
February 7, 1873
– Thomas Andrews, British shipbuilder on the RMS Titanic (d. 1912)
May 21, 1873
– Hans Berger, German neuroscientist (d. 1941)
August 17, 1873
– John A. Sampson, American gynecologist (d. 1946)
September 8, 1873
– David O. McKay, ninth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1970)
September 21, 1873
– Papa Jack Laine, American musician (d. 1966)
October 19, 1873
– Jaap Eden, Dutch skater and cyclist (d. 1925)
November 9, 1873
– Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist (d. 1941)