Historical Events
- Jan 17 A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, a part of the Modoc War
- Feb 20 British Naval Officer John Moresby discovers the site of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea and claims it for Britain
- May 27 Heinrich Schliemann discovers "Priam's Treasure" a cache of gold and other objects in Hisarlik (Troy) in Anatolia
- Jun 5 Sultan Bargash bin Said under British pressure closes the infamous slave market of Zanzibar in modern day Tanzania
- Aug 26 First free kindergarten in the U.S. started by Susan Blow in Carondelet, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri
- Sep 18 Government bond agent Jay Cooke & Co collapses, causing panic on Wall St, the start of the panic of 1873 and the Long depression
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1873 in Sport
- May 23 1st Preakness Stakes: G. Barbee aboard Survivor wins in 2:43 at Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland
Did You Know?
Did You Know?US Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail
On March 3, 1873
Colette
Enrico Caruso
Howard Carter
Jaap Eden
Teddy Flack
W. C. HandyFamous People in 1873
Claude Monet
Giuseppe Verdi
Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyWorld Leaders in 1873
Otto von Bismarck
Ulysses S. Grant
William Gladstone
Famous Weddings
- Sep 25 Frontiersman and gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok supposedly marries Calamity Jane according to the latter's daughter (disputed)
Napoleon III
David Livingstone
John Stuart Mill
Robert McClure