Historical Events In 1876

Jul 15   Aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Zemstra), dies at 82 in the year 1876.  

Jul 15   Baseball's 1st no-hitter, St Louis' George W Bradley no-hits Hartford in the year 1876.  

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

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

Jul 23   On this day in history william Gillies Whittaker, composer  

Jul 24   Thomas Molleson Mudie, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Jul 26   In the year 1876 ernest Schelling, Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball)  

Jul 29   In the year 1876 maria Ouspenskaya, Tula Russia, actress (Waterloo Bridge)  

Jul 31   In the year 1876 uS Coast Guard officers' training school established (New Bedford MA)  

Aug 01   On this day in history colorado becomes 38th state  

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   On this day in history 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   Mary R Beard, Indianapolis, historian (Woman as a Force in History) in the year 1876.  

Aug 07   Mata Hari, [Margaretha G Zelle], dancer/courtesan/spy (WW I) in the year 1876.  

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

Aug 14   Prairie View State University forms in the year 1876.  

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

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

Aug 17   Eric Drummond, 1st Secretary-General of League of Nations (1919-33) in the year 1876.  

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   On this day in history riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed  

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 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 07   In the year 1876 birth of william Yeates Hurlstone, composer  

Jan 09   Hans Bethge, writer was born in the year 1876.  

Jan 10   In the year 1876 birth of johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith  

Jan 11   Elmer Flick, American baseball player (d. 1971) was born in the year 1876.  

Jan 07   In the year 1876 death of juste Olivier, Swiss poet (b. 1807)  

Jan 09   Samuel Gridley Howe, American abolitionist (b. 1801) died on this day in history.  

Jan 10   In the year 1876 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 in the year 1876.  

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

Feb 21   Henry John Gauntlett, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1876.  

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