Historical Events In 1877

Jul 06   In the year 1877 david Stanley Smith, composer  

Jul 09   1st Wimbledon tennis championship is held on this day in history.  

Jul 09   In the year 1877 the All-England Croquet Club at Wimbledon staged the world's first lawn tennis championship on  

Jul 10   On this day in history the then villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.  

Jul 13   In the year 1877 karl Erb, German tenor  

Jul 13   In the year 1877 wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German bishop of Mainz, dies at 65  

Jul 14   On this day in history general strike brings US railroad to a stand still  

Jul 16   Béla Schick, Hungarian/US children artist (Serum Krankheit) in the year 1877.  

Jul 19   1st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Spencer W Gore beats Marshall (61 62 64) in the year 1877.  

Jul 19   The first Wimbledon tennis championships held on this day in history.  

Jul 20   In the year 1877 military shoots on stopped railroad workers in Balt, kills 9  

Jul 21   -27] US army breaks railroad strike in the year 1877.  

Jul 23   1st US municipal railroad, Cincinnati Southern, begins operations in the year 1877.  

Jul 23   On this day in history the first telephone & telegraph line in Hawaii completed  

Jul 23   The first US municipal railroad, Cincinnati Southern, begins operations in the year 1877.  

Jul 24   In the year 1877 1st time federal troops are used to combat strikers  

Jul 24   The first time federal troops are used to combat strikers in the year 1877.  

Jul 26   Hubert Ahaus, missionary (Harvest Fields) on this day in history.  

Aug 01   Charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain) on this day in history.  

Aug 01   In the year 1877 sF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes  

Aug 02   SF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes in the year 1877.  

Aug 03   Karl Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Aug 05   Henry Morton Stanley's letter in order to aid reaches Boma at Congo on this day in history.  

Aug 10   On this day in history big Hole River: Col John Gibbon murders Nez-Perce indians  

Aug 10   In the year 1877 first use of the telephone to dispatch trains. This was at the Caledonia Mine at Glace Bay on the Sydney Mines Railway. One of the owners was Gardiner G. Hubbard who was the father in law of Alexander Graham Bell who installed two telephones to control train movements.  

Aug 10   On this day in history rudolf Hilferding, German economist/SPD-minister of Finance  

Aug 11   On this day in history adolph M. Christianson, justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court (d.1954)  

Aug 11   In the year 1877 asaph Hall discovers Mars's moon Deimos  

Aug 12   On this day in history james Drummond, historical painter, dies  

Aug 12   Thomas Edison invents Edisonphone, a sound recording device in the year 1877.  

Aug 12   Thomas Edison invents the Edisonphone, a sound recording device on this day in history.  

Aug 16   In the year 1877 karl L Hoschna, composer  

Aug 17   Asaph Hall discovers Mars' moon Phobos in the year 1877.  

Aug 22   In the year 1877 nez Perce-indians flee into to Yellowstone National Park  

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (d.1906)  

Jan 04   In the year 1877 birth of gibson Gowland, England, actor (Blind Husbands, Phantom of the Opera)  

Jan 07   Johannes F Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer (1 great dog) was born in the year 1877.  

Jan 10   In the year 1877 birth of frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor (elecrostatic precipitator)  

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of frank J. Corr, American politician (d. 1934)  

Jan 15   Lewis M Terman, Ind, psychologist (developed Stanford-Binet IQ test) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 17   Hans Jelmoli, composer was born in the year 1877.  

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of may Gibbs, Australian children's author (d. 1969)  

Jan 04   Cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   On this day in history death of alexander Brullov, Russia painter (b. 1799)  

Jan 11   On this day in history pietro Romani, composer, dies at 85  

Jan 24   In the year 1877 death of johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b. 1796)  

Feb 01   Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Mar 04   On this day in history hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch governor (St Maarten), dies at 42  

Mar 09   On this day in history mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Neth Spectator), dies at 58  

Mar 12   On this day in history crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer, dies at 52