Historical Events In 1877

Jul 06   On this day in history david Stanley Smith, composer  

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

Jul 09   The All-England Croquet Club at Wimbledon staged the world's first lawn tennis championship on on this day in history.  

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   Karl Erb, German tenor in the year 1877.  

Jul 13   Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German bishop of Mainz, dies at 65 in the year 1877.  

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) on this day in history.  

Jul 19   On this day in history 1st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Spencer W Gore beats Marshall (61 62 64)  

Jul 19   The first Wimbledon tennis championships held in the year 1877.  

Jul 20   Military shoots on stopped railroad workers in Balt, kills 9 in the year 1877.  

Jul 21   On this day in history -27] US army breaks railroad strike  

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

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

Jul 23   On this day in history the first US municipal railroad, Cincinnati Southern, begins operations  

Jul 24   On this day in history 1st time federal troops are used to combat strikers  

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

Jul 26   In the year 1877 hubert Ahaus, missionary (Harvest Fields)  

Aug 01   On this day in history charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain)  

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

Aug 02   On this day in history sF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes  

Aug 03   On this day in history karl Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 75  

Aug 05   On this day in history henry Morton Stanley's letter in order to aid reaches Boma at Congo  

Aug 10   In the year 1877 big Hole River: Col John Gibbon murders Nez-Perce indians  

Aug 10   On this day in history 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   In the year 1877 adolph M. Christianson, justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court (d.1954)  

Aug 11   On this day in history asaph Hall discovers Mars's moon Deimos  

Aug 12   In the year 1877 james Drummond, historical painter, dies  

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

Aug 12   On this day in history thomas Edison invents the Edisonphone, a sound recording device  

Aug 16   Karl L Hoschna, composer in the year 1877.  

Aug 17   On this day in history asaph Hall discovers Mars' moon Phobos  

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

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Jan 02   In the year 1877 birth of slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (d.1906)  

Jan 04   Gibson Gowland, England, actor (Blind Husbands, Phantom of the Opera) was born in the year 1877.  

Jan 07   Johannes F Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer (1 great dog) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 10   Frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor (elecrostatic precipitator) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1877.  

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

Jan 17   May Gibbs, Australian children's author (d. 1969) was born in the year 1877.  

Jan 04   In the year 1877 cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at 82  

Jan 09   Alexander Brullov, Russia painter (b. 1799) died in the year 1877.  

Jan 11   Pietro Romani, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1877.  

Jan 24   Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b. 1796) died in the year 1877.  

Feb 01   On this day in history joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer, dies at 71  

Mar 04   Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch governor (St Maarten), dies at 42 in the year 1877.  

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