Historical Events In 1876

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

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

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

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   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   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) on this day in history.  

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

Aug 07   In the year 1876 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   On this day in history 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   Off Newport Rhode Island, the US yacht Madeleine beats the Countess Dufferin from Toronto in two straight heats in the 4th America's Cup on this day in history.  

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   Prairie View State University forms on this day in history.  

Aug 15   Aleksandar Belic, Serb linguist on this day in history.  

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

Aug 16   On this day in history opera "Siegfried" premieres in Bayreuth  

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

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

Aug 17   In the year 1876 opera "Götterdämmerung" premieres in Bayreuth  

Aug 19   On this day in history george Smith, English assyriologist (script), dies at 36  

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

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

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

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   In the year 1876 birth of konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany (BRD, 1949)  

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   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   In the year 1876 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   Gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane, dies at 83 in the year 1876.  

Feb 10   Johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43 in the year 1876.  

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