Timeline June 1873

Events in June 1873 2

• 1873 Anglo-Zanzibar treaty ends the slave trade Sultan Barghash agrees to close Zanzibar's slave market Under pressure from British diplomat John Kirk, Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar signed a treaty on 5 June 1873 banning the seaborne slave trade in his dominions. The Zanzibar slave market, once East Africa's largest, was closed shortly afterward.
• 1873 – 1943 Sergei Rachmaninoff Late Romantic pianist & composer Russian composer and pianist known for his Piano Concerto No. 2, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and Vocalise. One of the last great Romantic composers.