Historical Events In 1877

Jul 05   On this day in history wanda A Landowska, Warsaw Poland, harpsichordist (Musique Ancienne)  

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

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

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

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   On this day in history karl Erb, German tenor  

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 on this day in history.  

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) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

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 in the year 1877.  

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

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

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

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

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Jan 02   On this day in history 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 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   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 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at 82 in the year 1877.  

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

Jan 11   Pietro Romani, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 09   In the year 1877 mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Neth Spectator), dies at 58  

Mar 12   In the year 1877 crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer, dies at 52