1873 facts for kids

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

1873 was a year in the 19th century.

Events

• February 11 – King Amadeus I of Spain abdicates.
• Blue jeans patented.

Births

• Alexis Mérodack-Jeanneau – French painter (d. 1919)