What day of the week was August 4, 1873?

The day of the week August 4th, 1873 fell on was a Monday.

Viktor Hartmann the Russian painter (b. 1834) died on this day in 1873.

American Indian Wars: while protecting a railroad survey party in Montana the 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.