What Happened In October 1873 - Historical Events 1873 October

Historical Events for October, 1873

3rd » Kintpuash or Captain Jack and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War.
9th » A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.
20th » Yale University Yale, Princeton University Princeton, Columbia University Columbia, and Rutgers University Rutgers universities draft the first code of American football rules.

2nd » Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American lawyer and politician (d. 1924)
2nd » Pelham Warner, English cricketer and manager (d. 1963)
5th » Lucien Mérignac, French fencer (d. 1941)
9th » Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist and educator (d. 1944)
9th » Karl Schwarzschild, German physicist and astronomer (d. 1916)
9th » Charles Rudolph Walgreen, American businessman, founded Walgreens (d. 1939)
14th » Ray Ewry, American jumper (d. 1937)
14th » Jules Rimet, French businessman (d. 1954)
18th » Ivanoe Bonomi, Italian politician, 25th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1951)
19th » Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and cyclist (d. 1925)
19th » Bart King, American cricketer (d. 1965)
20th » Nellie McClung, Canadian politician and activist (d. 1951)
22nd » Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finnish linguist and diplomat (d. 1950)
22nd » Rama Tirtha, Indian philosopher and educator (d. 1906)
23rd » William D. Coolidge, American physicist and inventor (d. 1975)
26th » A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani politician, 5th Ministry of Interior (Pakistan) called Pakistani Minister of Interior (d. 1962)
26th » Thorvald Stauning, Danish politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1942)
30th » Francisco I. Madero, Mexican politician, 33rd President of Mexico (d. 1913)