Historical figures in 1873
The atlas holds 19 people and 26 moments here, in 1873. The most recorded lives are Rabindranath Tagore, Vincent van Gogh and Alexander Graham Bell. Among them Writers, Philosophers and Scientists.
Notable people
Alexander Graham Bell
in 1873
2 moments here
Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist, teacher of the deaf, and engineer best known for patenting the first practical telephone.…
Alfred Nobel
in 1873
1 moment here
Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833–1896) developed dynamite and other explosives, built businesses…
Charles Darwin
in 1873
1 moment here
English naturalist, geologist, and biologist whose observations during the global voyage of HMS Beagle and subsequent research led to his theory of…
Emperor Meiji
in 1873
2 moments here
Emperor Meiji (Mutsuhito) was emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912. His reign encompassed the Meiji Restoration, the transfer of the imperial court…
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
in 1873
1 moment here
Russian novelist, journalist, essayist, and former military engineer whose life moved between Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Siberian imprisonment and…
George Sand
in 1873
1 moment here
French novelist, memoirist, journalist, and political writer born Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin.…
José Martí
in 1873
2 moments here
Cuban nationalist, writer, journalist, and organizer of the Cuban Revolutionary Party. Martí lived and worked across Cuba, Spain, Mexico, Guatemala,…
Mark Twain
in 1873
1 moment here
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…
Nikola Tesla
in 1873
1 moment here
Serbian-American engineer and inventor best known for foundational work on alternating-current power systems, the induction motor, high-frequency…
Rabindranath Tagore
in 1873
3 moments here
Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…
Ralph Waldo Emerson
in 1873
1 moment here
American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, Unitarian minister, poet, abolitionist, and leading figure in Transcendentalism.…
Rosa Luxemburg
in 1873
1 moment here
Polish-born, naturalised-German Marxist theorist, socialist organiser, anti-war activist, and revolutionary.…
Selma Lagerlöf
in 1873
1 moment here
Swedish writer, teacher, Nobel laureate, and women’s-suffrage speaker. Lagerlöf was born at Mårbacka in Värmland, trained in Stockholm, taught in…
Sergei Rachmaninoff
in 1873
1 moment here
Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Born in the Novgorod Governorate of the Russian Empire, he studied and worked chiefly in Saint…
Ulysses S. Grant
in 1873
1 moment here
Ulysses S. Grant was an American army officer, Union commander during the Civil War, and the 18th president of the United States.…
Vincent van Gogh
in 1873
2 moments here
Dutch Post-Impressionist painter whose documented movements trace a path from a Brabant childhood through work and religious study in the…
Walt Whitman
in 1873
2 moments here
American poet, essayist, journalist, and author of Leaves of Grass. Born on Long Island, he lived and worked chiefly in Brooklyn, Manhattan,…
Woodrow Wilson
in 1873
1 moment here
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American academic, governor of New Jersey, and the 28th president of the United States.…
Yun Ch'iho
in 1873
1 moment here
Korean politician, reformer, educator, Christian leader, diarist, and later Japanese colonial collaborator.…
Moments
- 1873 Experimental room in Salem Alexander Graham Bell
- 1873 Return to Boston for sound experiments Alexander Graham Bell
- 1873 Residence on Avenue de Malakoff Alfred Nobel
- 1873 Move to Akasaka Palace Emperor Meiji
- 1873 Last journey to Auvergne George Sand
- 1873 Return after graduation Nikola Tesla
- 1873 Family relocation to Warsaw Rosa Luxemburg
- 1873 Stay with relatives in Stockholm Selma Lagerlöf
- 1873 Move to Camden after stroke Walt Whitman
- 1873 Student at Davidson College Woodrow Wilson
- 1873 Traditional schooling after move to Seoul Yun Ch'iho
- 1873 Madrid residence on Concepción Jerónima José Martí
- 1873 Lectures at Steinway Hall Mark Twain
- 1873 First visit to Santiniketan Rabindranath Tagore
- 1873 Rents Montague Street house Charles Darwin
- 1873 Month at Amritsar and the Golden Temple Rabindranath Tagore
- 1873 Second presidential inauguration Ulysses S. Grant
- 1873 Review of manoeuvres on Narashino Plain Emperor Meiji
- 1873 Studies on Bakrota Hill Rabindranath Tagore
- 1873 Birth at the Rachmaninoff family estate Sergei Rachmaninoff
- 1873 Law studies in Zaragoza José Martí
- 1873 Visits Paris art institutions Vincent van Gogh
- 1873 Begins work in London Vincent van Gogh
- 1873 Return visit to Washington Walt Whitman
- 1873 Joined his family in Staraya Russa Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1873 Opens Concord Free Public Library Ralph Waldo Emerson