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1873Jan, 10

Algernon Maudslay

Algernon Maudslay, English sailor (d. 1948)
Algernon Maudslay CBE (10 January 1873 – 2 March 1948) was a sailor from Great Britain, who represented his country at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Meulan, France. With Lorne Currie as helmsman and fellow crewmember John Gretton and Linton Hope, Maudslay took 1st place in the race of the .5 to 1 ton.

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Events on 1873

  • 18Feb

    Vasil Levski

    Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
  • 22Mar

    Slavery in the Spanish New World colonies

    The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
  • 1Jul

    Canadian Confederation

    Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
  • 4Aug

    7th Cavalry Regiment

    American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.
  • 20Oct

    Princeton University

    Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and Rutgers universities draft the first code of American football rules.