Timeline April 1873

Events in April 1873 2

• 1803 – 1873 Justus von Liebig (1803-1873) Died 18 April 1873, aged 69 The German chemist, a pioneer of organic and agricultural chemistry, died in Munich. His research on plant nutrition and mineral fertilizers helped found the science of agricultural chemistry, and he developed early techniques for protein and beef extract analysis still associated with his name.
• 1873 Colfax Massacre Reconstruction-era mass killing in Louisiana On 13 April 1873, a white paramilitary force attacked freedmen and Republican officeholders who had occupied the Grant Parish courthouse in Colfax, Louisiana, killing dozens of Black men after they had surrendered. The subsequent Supreme Court case United States v. Cruikshank weakened federal protection of civil rights for decades.