Historical Events In 1876

Jul 15   On this day in history aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Zemstra), dies at 82  

Jul 15   Baseball's 1st no-hitter, St Louis' George W Bradley no-hits Hartford on this day in history.  

Jul 17   Maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat in the year 1876.  

Jul 20   1st US intercollegiate track meet held, Saratoga, NY; Princeton wins in the year 1876.  

Jul 23   In the year 1876 william Gillies Whittaker, composer  

Jul 24   On this day in history thomas Molleson Mudie, composer, dies at 66  

Jul 26   On this day in history ernest Schelling, Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball)  

Jul 29   Maria Ouspenskaya, Tula Russia, actress (Waterloo Bridge) on this day in history.  

Jul 31   On this day in history uS Coast Guard officers' training school established (New Bedford MA)  

Aug 01   Colorado becomes 38th state on this day in history.  

Aug 01   Wild Bill Hickok shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces & a pair of 8's in the year 1876.  

Aug 02   On this day in history wild Bill Hickok draws the Dead Man's Hand - a pair of aces and a pair of eights, when he was shot  

Aug 02   Wild Bill Hickok, shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces & a pair of 8's in the year 1876.  

Aug 05   Mary R Beard, Indianapolis, historian (Woman as a Force in History) on this day in history.  

Aug 07   On this day in history mata Hari, [Margaretha G Zelle], dancer/courtesan/spy (WW I)  

Aug 07   The birth of Mata Hari, Dutch born dancer and spy in the year 1876.  

Aug 08   Dan O'Leacy completes 500 mile walk in 139h32m on this day in history.  

Aug 08   Thomas Edison patents mimeograph in the year 1876.  

Aug 10   1st phone call between Brantford & Paris, Canada in the year 1876.  

Aug 12   Madeline (US) beats Countess Dufferin (Canada) in 4th America's Cup on this day in history.  

Aug 12   Mary Roberts Rinehart, mystery writer (Miss Pinkerton) in the year 1876.  

Aug 12   Off Newport Rhode Island, the US yacht Madeleine beats the Countess Dufferin from Toronto in two straight heats in the 4th America's Cup in the year 1876.  

Aug 13   In the year 1876 reciprocity Treaty between US & Hawaii ratified  

Aug 14   In the year 1876 alexander I Obrenovic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1922-34)  

Aug 14   In the year 1876 prairie View State University forms  

Aug 15   In the year 1876 aleksandar Belic, Serb linguist  

Aug 15   On this day in history uS law removes Indians from Black Hills after gold find  

Aug 16   In the year 1876 opera "Siegfried" premieres in Bayreuth  

Aug 16   On this day in history the opera "Siegfried" is produced (Bayreuth)  

Aug 17   On this day in history eric Drummond, 1st Secretary-General of League of Nations (1919-33)  

Aug 17   On this day in history opera "Götterdämmerung" premieres in Bayreuth  

Aug 19   George Smith, English assyriologist (script), dies at 36 in the year 1876.  

Aug 24   Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed in the year 1876.  

Aug 29   Charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter) on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of johan C Altorf, sculptor (October 3rd monument)  

Jan 01   In the year 1876 birth of harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (d. 1933)  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of wilhelm Pieck, co-founder German Communist Party/pres (1949-60)  

Jan 05   Konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany (BRD, 1949) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of william Yeates Hurlstone, composer  

Jan 09   Hans Bethge, writer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 10   Johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith was born in the year 1876.  

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of elmer Flick, American baseball player (d. 1971)  

Jan 07   Juste Olivier, Swiss poet (b. 1807) died on this day in history.  

Jan 09   On this day in history death of samuel Gridley Howe, American abolitionist (b. 1801)  

Jan 10   On this day in history charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70  

Jan 15   In the year 1876 death of eliza Johnson, U.S. First Lady (b. 1810)  

Feb 03   Gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Feb 10   In the year 1876 johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43  

Feb 21   In the year 1876 henry John Gauntlett, composer, dies at 70  

Feb 24   On this day in history jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, dies at 67