Historical Events In 1877

Jul 06   In the year 1877 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   The then villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain on this day in history.  

Jul 13   In the year 1877 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   General strike brings US railroad to a stand still on this day in history.  

Jul 16   Béla Schick, Hungarian/US children artist (Serum Krankheit) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

Aug 03   In the year 1877 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   On this day in history 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   Rudolf Hilferding, German economist/SPD-minister of Finance on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Aug 16   In the year 1877 karl L Hoschna, composer  

Aug 17   Asaph Hall discovers Mars' moon Phobos on this day in history.  

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

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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   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 in the year 1877.  

Jan 15   Lewis M Terman, Ind, psychologist (developed Stanford-Binet IQ test) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

Jan 24   On this day in history death of johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b. 1796)  

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