1873

1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday in the Julian calendar, the 1873rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, . 

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

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