Historical Events In 1876

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

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

Jul 17   Maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat on this day in history.  

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

Jul 23   William Gillies Whittaker, composer in the year 1876.  

Jul 24   In the year 1876 thomas Molleson Mudie, composer, dies at 66  

Jul 26   Ernest Schelling, Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball) on this day in history.  

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

Jul 31   US Coast Guard officers' training school established (New Bedford MA) on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Aug 02   In the year 1876 wild Bill Hickok draws the Dead Man's Hand - a pair of aces and a pair of eights, when he was shot  

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

Aug 05   On this day in history mary R Beard, Indianapolis, historian (Woman as a Force in History)  

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

Aug 07   On this day in history the birth of Mata Hari, Dutch born dancer and spy  

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

Aug 08   In the year 1876 thomas Edison patents mimeograph  

Aug 10   On this day in history 1st phone call between Brantford & Paris, Canada  

Aug 12   In the year 1876 madeline (US) beats Countess Dufferin (Canada) in 4th America's Cup  

Aug 12   Mary Roberts Rinehart, mystery writer (Miss Pinkerton) on this day in history.  

Aug 12   On this day in history off Newport Rhode Island, the US yacht Madeleine beats the Countess Dufferin from Toronto in two straight heats in the 4th America's Cup.  

Aug 13   On this day in history reciprocity Treaty between US & Hawaii ratified  

Aug 14   Alexander I Obrenovic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1922-34) on this day in history.  

Aug 14   On this day in history prairie View State University forms  

Aug 15   On this day in history aleksandar Belic, Serb linguist  

Aug 15   In the year 1876 uS law removes Indians from Black Hills after gold find  

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

Aug 16   The opera "Siegfried" is produced (Bayreuth) in the year 1876.  

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

Aug 17   Opera "Götterdämmerung" premieres in Bayreuth on this day in history.  

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

Aug 24   In the year 1876 riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed  

Aug 29   On this day in history charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter)  

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Jan 01   Johan C Altorf, sculptor (October 3rd monument) was born in the year 1876.  

Jan 01   Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (d. 1933) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Wilhelm Pieck, co-founder German Communist Party/pres (1949-60) was born in the year 1876.  

Jan 05   Konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany (BRD, 1949) was born in the year 1876.  

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

Jan 09   In the year 1876 birth of hans Bethge, writer  

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith  

Jan 11   Elmer Flick, American baseball player (d. 1971) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 09   Samuel Gridley Howe, American abolitionist (b. 1801) died in the year 1876.  

Jan 10   Charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70 in the year 1876.  

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

Feb 03   In the year 1876 gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane, dies at 83  

Feb 10   On this day in history johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43  

Feb 21   Henry John Gauntlett, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Feb 24   In the year 1876 jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, dies at 67