Historical Events In 1876

Jul 15   In the year 1876 aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Zemstra), dies at 82  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 24   Thomas Molleson Mudie, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1876.  

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

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

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   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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Aug 07   In the year 1876 the birth of Mata Hari, Dutch born dancer and spy  

Aug 08   On this day in history dan O'Leacy completes 500 mile walk in 139h32m  

Aug 08   On this day in history thomas Edison patents mimeograph  

Aug 10   In the year 1876 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) in the year 1876.  

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   Reciprocity Treaty between US & Hawaii ratified on this day in history.  

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   US law removes Indians from Black Hills after gold find on this day in history.  

Aug 16   Opera "Siegfried" premieres in Bayreuth on this day in history.  

Aug 16   The opera "Siegfried" is produced (Bayreuth) on this day in history.  

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

Aug 17   Opera "Götterdämmerung" premieres in Bayreuth in the year 1876.  

Aug 19   George Smith, English assyriologist (script), dies at 36 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 29   Charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter) in the year 1876.  

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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 in the year 1876.  

Jan 07   William Yeates Hurlstone, composer was born in the year 1876.  

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

Jan 07   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.  

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

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