1873 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1873?
- January 1, 1873 – Japan begins using the Gregorian calendar.
- February 11, 1873 – King Amadeus I of Spain abdicates.
- February 18, 1873 – Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
- February 20, 1873 – The University of California opens its first medical school in San Francisco, California.
- March 1, 1873 – E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
- April 4, 1873 – The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
- April 13, 1873 – The Colfax Massacre takes place.
- May 9, 1873 – Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
- May 12, 1873 – Oscar II is crowned King of Sweden.
- May 20, 1873 – Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
- June 9, 1873 – Alexandra Palace in London burns down after being open for only 16 days.
- June 18, 1873 – Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
- July 1, 1873 – Prince Edward Island joins the Canadian Confederation.
- August 2, 1873 – The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco’s famous cable car system.
- August 4, 1873 – Indian Wars: whilst protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Sioux near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.
- August 23, 1873 – Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opened.
- September 1, 1873 – Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
- October 3, 1873 – Captain Jack and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War.
- October 9, 1873 – A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.
- October 20, 1873 – Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and Rutgers universities draft the first code of American football rules.
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