Historical Events In 1877

Jul 05   In the year 1877 wanda A Landowska, Warsaw Poland, harpsichordist (Musique Ancienne)  

Jul 06   David Stanley Smith, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

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   On this day in history karl Erb, German tenor  

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

Jul 14   In the year 1877 general strike brings US railroad to a stand still  

Jul 16   On this day in history béla Schick, Hungarian/US children artist (Serum Krankheit)  

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   On this day in history 1st US municipal railroad, Cincinnati Southern, begins operations  

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

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

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

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

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

Aug 01   In the year 1877 charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain)  

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

Aug 02   In the year 1877 sF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes  

Aug 03   Karl Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1877.  

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

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

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 in the year 1877.  

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   Asaph Hall discovers Mars's moon Deimos in the year 1877.  

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

Aug 12   In the year 1877 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   In the year 1877 karl L Hoschna, composer  

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

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

Jan 04   Gibson Gowland, England, actor (Blind Husbands, Phantom of the Opera) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of johannes F Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer (1 great dog)  

Jan 10   In the year 1877 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   Lewis M Terman, Ind, psychologist (developed Stanford-Binet IQ test) was born in the year 1877.  

Jan 17   In the year 1877 birth of hans Jelmoli, composer  

Jan 17   May Gibbs, Australian children's author (d. 1969) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   In the year 1877 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   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 in the year 1877.  

Mar 04   In the year 1877 hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch governor (St Maarten), dies at 42  

Mar 09   Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Neth Spectator), dies at 58 in the year 1877.  

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