What Happened In February 1873 - Historical Events 1873 February

Historical Events for February, 1873

11th » King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.
18th » Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman Empire called Ottoman authorities.
20th » The University of California opens its first medical school in San Francisco, California.

1st » Joseph Allard (fiddler) called Joseph Allard, Canadian fiddler and composer (d. 1947)
1st » John Barry (VC) called John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1901)
2nd » Leo Fall, Austrian composer (d. 1925)
2nd » Konstantin von Neurath, German diplomat, 13th Minister for Foreign Affairs (Germany) e.g Minister of Foreign Affairs for Germany(d. 1956)
4th » Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian weight thrower (d. 1905)
6th » Billy Gohl, American serial killer (d. 1927)
7th » Thomas Andrews (shipbuilder) e.g Thomas Andrews, Irish shipbuilder and businessman (d. 1912)
13th » Feodor Chaliapin, Russian opera singer (d. 1938)
15th » Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
23rd » Liang Qichao, Chinese scholar (d. 1929)
25th » Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor (d. 1921)
28th » William McMaster Murdoch, Scottish sailor (d. 1912)

7th » Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author (b. 1814)
18th » Vasil Levski, Bulgarian activist, founded the Internal Revolutionary Organization (b. 1837)