1873 – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי

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1873

Events

January–March

January 1
- Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar.
- The California Penal Code goes into effect.
January 17 – American Indian Wars: The First Battle of the Stronghold is fought during the Modoc War.
February 11 – The Spanish Cortes deposes King Amadeus I and proclaims the First Spanish Republic.
February 12
- Emilio Castelar, the former foreign minister, becomes prime minister of the new Spanish Republic.
- The Coinage Act of 1873 in the United States is signed into law by president Ulysses S. Grant; coming into effect on April 1 it ends bimetallism in the U.S. and places the country on the gold standard.
February 20 – The University of California opens its first medical school in San Francisco.
February 20 – British Naval Officer John Morseby discovers the site of Port Moresby and claims the land for Britain.
March 3 – Censorship: The United States Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail.
March 4 – President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant begins his second term.
March 15 – The Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity is founded at the Massachusetts Agricultural College.
March 19 – German Modernist composer Max Reger is born in Brand, Bavaria.
March 22 – Emancipation Day for Puerto Rico: Slaves are freed (with a few exceptions).
March 29 – The Rio Tinto Company is formed in Spain, following the February 17 purchase of the Rio Tinto mine from the Spanish government by a British investment group.

1873 – מילון אנגלי-עברי