Historical Events In 1877

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

Jul 09   In the year 1877 1st Wimbledon tennis championship is held  

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

Jul 10   The then villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain in the year 1877.  

Jul 13   Karl Erb, German tenor on this day in history.  

Jul 13   Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German bishop of Mainz, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 16   In the year 1877 béla Schick, Hungarian/US children artist (Serum Krankheit)  

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

Jul 19   In the year 1877 the first Wimbledon tennis championships held  

Jul 20   On this day in history military shoots on stopped railroad workers in Balt, kills 9  

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

Jul 23   1st US municipal railroad, Cincinnati Southern, begins operations on this day in history.  

Jul 23   The first telephone & telegraph line in Hawaii completed on this day in history.  

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

Jul 26   On this day in history hubert Ahaus, missionary (Harvest Fields)  

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

Aug 01   SF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes on this day in history.  

Aug 02   SF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Aug 10   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 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 12   James Drummond, historical painter, dies in the year 1877.  

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 in the year 1877.  

Aug 16   Karl L Hoschna, composer on this day in history.  

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

Aug 22   Nez Perce-indians flee into to Yellowstone National Park on this day in history.  

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

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor (elecrostatic precipitator)  

Jan 12   Frank J. Corr, American politician (d. 1934) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 15   In the year 1877 birth of lewis M Terman, Ind, psychologist (developed Stanford-Binet IQ test)  

Jan 17   Hans Jelmoli, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 04   On this day in history cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at 82  

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

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

Jan 24   Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b. 1796) died on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Mar 12   Crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1877.