Historical Events In 1877

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

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

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   On this day in history 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   Béla Schick, Hungarian/US children artist (Serum Krankheit) in the year 1877.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Jul 23   In the year 1877 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   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   In the year 1877 hubert Ahaus, missionary (Harvest Fields)  

Aug 01   Charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain) in the year 1877.  

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   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   In the year 1877 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   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 on this day in history.  

Aug 12   James Drummond, historical painter, dies on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1877.  

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

Aug 22   Nez Perce-indians flee into to Yellowstone National Park in the year 1877.  

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Jan 02   Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (d.1906) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1877.  

Jan 04   In the year 1877 cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at 82  

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

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

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

Feb 01   Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1877.  

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 on this day in history.