In history, year 1873 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1873.
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
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| 18 february | Vasil Levski, the national hero of Bulgaria, wasexecuted in Sofia by Ottoman authorities for his efforts to establish anindependent Bulgarian republic. |
| 20 march | Clothing manufacturer Levi Strauss and tailor Jacob Davis weregranted a patent for using copper rivets to strengthen the pockets ofdenim overalls, allowing their company to start manufacturing theirfirst line of blue jeans. |
| 04 april | The Kennel Club, the oldest kennel club in the world, was founded in the United Kingdom. |
| 13 april | In the wake of a disputed election for local offices in Colfax, Louisiana, US, armed white supremacists over powered freedmen and the African American state militia trying to control the parish courthouse, killing over 100 of them. |
| 09 may | Panic of 1873-The Vienna Stock Exchange crashed, following twoyears of overexpansion in the German and Austro-Hungarian economies. |
| 20 may | Clothing manufacturer Levi Strauss and tailor Jacob Davis weregranted a patent for using copper rivets to strengthen the pockets ofdenim overalls, allowing their company to start manufacturing theirfirst line of blue jeans. |
| 23 may | The North West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, was established to bring law and order to and assert Canadian sovereignty over the Northwest Territories. |
| 09 june | Sixteen days after it was built, Alexandra Palace in NorthLondon, England, was destroyed by fire. |
| 23 august | The Albert Bridge, spanning the River Thames in London, opened. |
| 18 september | Panic of 1873-The American bank Jay Cooke & Company declaredbankruptcy, setting off a chain reaction of bank failures. |
| 20 May | Jeans patents were awarded to San Francisco businessman Levi Strauss and tailor Jacob Davis. |
| 12 September | The first practical typewriter was sold to customers. |
| 09 January | Napoleon Bonaparte III, one of the boldest European rulers of the 19th century, died. |
| 22 March | In Puerto Rico, slavery was abolished. |
| 01 January | Japan adopted the Gregorian calendar. |
| 20 February | The University of California opened its first medical school. |
| 19 March | German lordship Max Rier was born in the brand Bavaria. |
| 04 April | The United Kingdom established the world's first kennel club. |
| 01 May | First US Postal Postal Card issued. |
| 09 June | Alexandra Palace in London was destroyed by fire only a fortnight after its opening. |
| 22 July | Sir Benjamin Pine was made Lieutenant - Governor of the Colony of Natal. |
| 12 August | A peace treaty was signed between the Khiva of Imperial Russia and Khanate, making it a Russian protectorate. |
| 23 September | Tom Allen defeated Mike McKell for the heavyweight boxing title. |
| 06 October | County Carlo Football Club Rugby Union) was established in Ireland. |
| 18 November | Irish Home Rule Movement: The Home Government Association reorganized itself as the Home Rule League. |
| 16 December | Heineken Brewery was founded in Amsterdam Netherlands. |
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 01 May | Jurgis Baltrušaitis / Poet / Lithuania |
| 02 October | Stephen Warfield Gambrill / Politician / United States of America |
| 04 March | John H. Trumbull / Politician / United States of America |
| 04 February | Étienne Desmarteau / Shot Putter / Canada |
| 05 September | Cornelius Vanderbilt III / Engineer / United States of America |
| 06 July | Dimitrios Maximos / Politician / Greece |
| 08 October | Ejnar Hertzsprung / Astronomer / Denmark |
| 08 October | Alexey Shchusev / Academic / Russia |
| 09 January | Thomas Curtis / Sprinter / United States of America |
| 10 March | Jakob Wassermann / Soldier / Austria |
| 13 June | Karin Swanström / Actress / Sweden |
| 13 February | Feodor Chaliapin / Singer / Russia |
| 16 February | Radoje Domanović / Journalist / Serbia |
| 17 December | Ford Madox Ford / Poet / United Kingdom |
| 19 April | Sydney Barnes / Cricketer / United Kingdom |
| 20 December | Mehmet Akif Ersoy / Poet / Turkey |
| 22 August | Alexander Bogdanov / Philosopher / Russia |
| 24 September | María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui / Pianist / Cuba |
| 25 March | Rudolf Rocker / Author / United States of America |
| 26 August | Lee de Forest / Engineer / United States of America |