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 century19th century20th century
Decades: 1840s  1850s  1860s  – 1870s –  1880s  1890s  1900s
Years: 1870 1871 187218731874 1875 1876
1873 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1873
MDCCCLXXIII
Ab urbe condita2626
Armenian calendar1322
ԹՎ ՌՅԻԲ
Assyrian calendar6623
Bahá'í calendar29–30
Balinese saka calendar1794–1795
Bengali calendar1280
Berber calendar2823
British Regnal year36 Vict. 1 – 37 Vict. 1
Buddhist calendar2417
Burmese calendar1235
Byzantine calendar7381–7382
Chinese calendar壬申(Water Monkey)
4569 or 4509
    — to —
癸酉年 (Water Rooster)
4570 or 4510
Coptic calendar1589–1590
Discordian calendar3039
Ethiopian calendar1865–1866
Hebrew calendar5633–5634
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1929–1930
 - Shaka Samvat1794–1795
 - Kali Yuga4973–4974
Holocene calendar11873
Igbo calendar873–874
Iranian calendar1251–1252
Islamic calendar1289–1290
Japanese calendarMeiji 6
(明治6年)
Javanese calendar1801–1802
Julian calendarGregorian minus 12 days
Korean calendar4206
Minguo calendar39 before ROC
民前39年
Nanakshahi calendar405
Thai solar calendar2415–2416
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

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