Historical Events In 1877

Aug 25   In the year 1877 joshua L Cowen, inventor (electric train)  

Aug 27   Charles Stewart Rolls, British auto manufacturer (Rolls-Royce Ltd) on this day in history.  

Aug 29   Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord (Jutland, WW II) on this day in history.  

Aug 29   In the year 1877 brigham Young, 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies  

Aug 29   Mormon Church president Brigham Young dies in Salt Lake City, UT on this day in history.  

Sep 03   On this day in history adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Rep (1871-77), dies at 80  

Sep 05   On this day in history crazy Horse, [Tashunka Witko], last great Sioux war chief, dies at 27  

Sep 05   O W Albert Roelofs, Dutch painter/etcher in the year 1877.  

Sep 05   On this day in history southern blacks led by Pap Singleton settle in Kansas  

Sep 06   In the year 1877 petar Stojanovic, composer  

Sep 09   In the year 1877 frank Chance, baseball player/manager, Tinkers to Evers to Chance  

Sep 10   In the year 1877 georgia B D Camp Johnson, US, poet/playwright (Autumn Love Cycle)  

Sep 11   Feliks E Dzjerzjinski, Lithuania, founder (KGB) on this day in history.  

Sep 11   On this day in history rijkslandbouwhoge school opens in Wageningen  

Sep 11   The birth of James Jeans, British mathematician in the year 1877.  

Sep 12   On this day in history julius Reitz, composer, dies at 64  

Sep 12   On this day in history maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress (Jane Eyre)  

Sep 16   James J Jeans, cosmologist/astrophysicist (Mysterious Universe) in the year 1877.  

Sep 17   On this day in history jean Hure, composer  

Sep 17   In the year 1877 william Henry Fox Talbot, photographic pioneer, dies at 77  

Sep 18   Jozef de Voght, Flemish priest/songwriter (Under the Snow) on this day in history.  

Sep 20   On this day in history armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer  

Sep 20   On this day in history chase National Bank opens in NYC (later merges into Chase Manhattan)  

Sep 23   Hurricane strikes Curacao & Bonaire kills 200 on this day in history.  

Sep 23   Urbain JJ Leverrier, codiscoverer of Neptune, dies on this day in history.  

Sep 24   Battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion on this day in history.  

Sep 25   Plutarco Elias Calles, Mexican revolutionary, president (1924-28) in the year 1877.  

Sep 26   Alfred Cortot, French pianist in the year 1877.  

Sep 27   John Mercer Langston named minister of Haiti in the year 1877.  

Sep 28   Stanner E V Taylor, St Louis MO, director/writer (Lucky Jim, Ramona) on this day in history.  

Sep 30   1st US amateur swim meet (NY Athletic Club) on this day in history.  

Sep 30   First US amateur swim meet (NY Athletic Club) on this day in history.  

Sep 30   In the year 1877 toohoolhoolzote, prophet of Nez Perce indians, dies in battle  

Oct 04   In the year 1877 pancho Villa, [Doroteo Arango], Mexico, revolutionary rebel [or 6/25]  

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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   On this day in history 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 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   In the year 1877 cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at 82  

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

Jan 11   In the year 1877 pietro Romani, composer, dies at 85  

Jan 24   Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b. 1796) died on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1877.  

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

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