1873
year
1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday in the Julian calendar. As of the start of the year, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar. The Julian calendar remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1840s 1850s 1860s – 1870s – 1880s 1890s 1900s |
| Years: | 1870 1871 1872 – 1873 – 1874 1875 1876 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1873 MDCCCLXXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2626 |
| Armenian calendar | 1322 ԹՎ ՌՅԻԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6623 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 29–30 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1794–1795 |
| Bengali calendar | 1280 |
| Berber calendar | 2823 |
| British Regnal year | 36 Vict. 1 – 37 Vict. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2417 |
| Burmese calendar | 1235 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7381–7382 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 4569 or 4509 — to — 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 4570 or 4510 |
| Coptic calendar | 1589–1590 |
| Discordian calendar | 3039 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1865–1866 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5633–5634 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1929–1930 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1794–1795 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4973–4974 |
| Holocene calendar | 11873 |
| Igbo calendar | 873–874 |
| Iranian calendar | 1251–1252 |
| Islamic calendar | 1289–1290 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiji 6 (明治６年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1801–1802 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
| Korean calendar | 4206 |
| Minguo calendar | 39 before ROC 民前39年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 405 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2415–2416 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水猴年 (male Water-Monkey) 1999 or 1618 or 846 — to — 阴水鸡年 (female Water-Rooster) 2000 or 1619 or 847 |
Events
change- February 11 – King Amadeus I of Spain abdicates.
- Blue jeans patented.
Births
change- Alexis Mérodack-Jeanneau – French painter (d. 1919)