Significant 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
- 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
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?
US Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail
On March 3, 1873
World Leaders in 1873
Otto von Bismarck
German Statesman
Ulysses S. Grant
Union General and US President
William Gladstone
British Prime Minister
Famous People in 1873
Claude Monet
Impressionist Painter
Giuseppe Verdi
Composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Composer
Colette
Howard Carter
Jaap Eden
Teddy Flack
W. C. HandyFamous Weddings
- Sep 25 Frontiersman and gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok supposedly marries Calamity Jane according to the later's daughter (disputed)
David Livingstone
John Stuart Mill