Historical Events In 1877

Jul 05   Wanda A Landowska, Warsaw Poland, harpsichordist (Musique Ancienne) on this day in history.  

Jul 06   David Stanley Smith, composer in the year 1877.  

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

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

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

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

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

Jul 14   General strike brings US railroad to a stand still in the year 1877.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jul 23   In the year 1877 the first telephone & telegraph line in Hawaii completed  

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

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

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

Aug 01   SF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes in the year 1877.  

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

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 in the year 1877.  

Aug 10   Big Hole River: Col John Gibbon murders Nez-Perce indians in the year 1877.  

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   Rudolf Hilferding, German economist/SPD-minister of Finance in the year 1877.  

Aug 11   On this day in history 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   James Drummond, historical painter, dies in the year 1877.  

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

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

Aug 16   On this day in history karl L Hoschna, composer  

Aug 17   In the year 1877 asaph Hall discovers Mars' moon Phobos  

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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   On this day in history birth of johannes F Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer (1 great dog)  

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

Jan 12   In the year 1877 birth of frank J. Corr, American politician (d. 1934)  

Jan 15   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1877.  

Jan 09   Alexander Brullov, Russia painter (b. 1799) died on this day in history.  

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   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 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 12   Crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.