Historical Events In 1876

Aug 31   Ottoman sultan Murat V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abd-ul-Hamid II on this day in history.  

Sep 03   Felix, cricketer (legendary All-England player), dies in the year 1876.  

Sep 06   John J R Macleod, Scottish/Canadian physiologist (Nobel 1923) on this day in history.  

Sep 06   Race riot in Charleston SC on this day in history.  

Sep 06   Southern Pacific line from LA to SF completed on this day in history.  

Sep 07   In the year 1876 bank robbery by James/Younger fails (Cole/Bob/Jim Younger arrested)  

Sep 09   On this day in history american Horse, Sioux chief, dies in battle  

Sep 11   Alfonso Broqua, composer in the year 1876.  

Sep 12   Flor Alpaerts, Flemish composer (Tyl Uilenspiegel, Pallieter) on this day in history.  

Sep 12   King Leopold II opens Congo-conference in the year 1876.  

Sep 13   Sherwood Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio, author/publisher (Winesburg) on this day in history.  

Sep 14   Henry Morton Stanley's expedition leaves Rwanda in the year 1876.  

Sep 15   Bruno Walter, [B W Schlesinger], Berlin Germany, conductor (NY Phil) in the year 1876.  

Sep 17   Race riots in SC on this day in history.  

Sep 18   Milan Rakic, Serbian poet (Pesme) in the year 1876.  

Sep 19   1st carpet sweeper patented (Melville Bissell of Grand Rapids, Mich) on this day in history.  

Sep 20   On this day in history ottawa Football Club forms  

Sep 23   Ottawa Rough Riders play their 1st game on this day in history.  

Sep 25   In the year 1876 a Glabbrenner, writer, dies at 66  

Sep 26   On this day in history 1st Belgian parachute jump (Glorieux)  

Sep 26   C B "Buck" Llewellyn, cricketer (S Afr lefty all-rounder 1896-1912) on this day in history.  

Sep 30   On this day in history katherine Griffith, SF CA, actress (Pollyanna, Fast Company)  

Oct 01   Henri-Jerome Bertini, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Oct 06   In the year 1876 american Library Association organized in Philadelphia  

Oct 09   1st 2-way telephone conversation, 1st over outdoor wires in the year 1876.  

Oct 09   The first 2-way telephone conversation, 1st over outdoor wires in the year 1876.  

Oct 10   On this day in history walter Niemann, composer  

Oct 11   In the year 1876 g von Le Fort, writer  

Oct 16   On this day in history race riot at Cainhoy SC (5 whites & 1 black killed)  

Oct 17   On this day in history henry Morton Stanley's reaches Lualaba River  

Oct 18   Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Oct 19   Mordecai (3 finger) Brown, hall of fame pitcher on this day in history.  

Oct 20   In the year 1876 jeronimo de Bosch Kemper, Dutch sociologist/historian, dies at 68  

Oct 22   Karl B Adam, German theologist (Christ our Brother) on this day in history.  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 15   Eliza Johnson, U.S. First Lady (b. 1810) died in the year 1876.  

Feb 03   On this day in history 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   In the year 1876 henry John Gauntlett, composer, dies at 70  

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