Historical Events In 1876

Jul 15   Aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Zemstra), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 17   In the year 1876 maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat  

Jul 20   On this day in history 1st US intercollegiate track meet held, Saratoga, NY; Princeton wins  

Jul 23   William Gillies Whittaker, composer on this day in history.  

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) in the year 1876.  

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

Aug 01   Colorado becomes 38th state in the year 1876.  

Aug 01   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 02   Wild Bill Hickok draws the Dead Man's Hand - a pair of aces and a pair of eights, when he was shot on this day in history.  

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   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   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 in the year 1876.  

Aug 08   Thomas Edison patents mimeograph on this day in history.  

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

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) on this day in history.  

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   Reciprocity Treaty between US & Hawaii ratified in the year 1876.  

Aug 14   On this day in history alexander I Obrenovic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1922-34)  

Aug 14   In the year 1876 prairie View State University forms  

Aug 15   Aleksandar Belic, Serb linguist in the year 1876.  

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

Aug 16   Opera "Siegfried" premieres in Bayreuth in the year 1876.  

Aug 16   In the year 1876 the opera "Siegfried" is produced (Bayreuth)  

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   In the year 1876 george Smith, English assyriologist (script), dies at 36  

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

Aug 29   In the year 1876 charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter)  

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Jan 01   Johan C Altorf, sculptor (October 3rd monument) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1876 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 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   In the year 1876 birth of johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith  

Jan 11   In the year 1876 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   In the year 1876 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   Eliza Johnson, U.S. First Lady (b. 1810) died in the year 1876.  

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

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   Jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, dies at 67 on this day in history.